Octoparse Blog
What Does It Mean to Be GDPR Compliant? A Complete Guide for Web Scrapers
Ansel Barrett GDPR compliance means meeting EU data protection requirements for personal data. Learn the 7 principles, 6 lawful bases, and 8-step checklist for web scrapers, with 2024-2025 enforcement cases updated.
2025-12-26T12:35:57+00:00 · 7 min read
Best Amazon Price History Tracker: We Tested, Here’s #1
Lazar Gugleta Learn three methods to track Amazon price history. We tested Keepa, CamelCamelCamel, Prisync, and Octoparse side-by-side — with full pricing breakdown, step-by-step setup guides, and the exact method that saves you 15+ hours/week.
2025-12-25T11:06:15+00:00 · 7 min read
What Is Infinite Scroll And How to Handle It Efficiently
Ansel Barrett Scraper only returning first page results? Learn why infinite scroll breaks web scrapers and 4 proven methods to extract all data—no coding required.
2025-12-22T17:01:47+00:00 · 5 min read
What 15,000 LYRIQ Owners Say About Driving Modes and Range
Abigail Jones We scraped 15,000+ Reddit and YouTube comments to find out: Sport Mode ranks #6 among range factors. Here's what actually matters.
2025-12-19T11:40:22+00:00 · 6 min read
Price Scraping: How to Track Competitor Pricing Without a Data Team
Abigail Jones Learn how to monitor competitor prices without coding or expensive data feeds. A practical guide to price scraping tools, methods, and getting started fast.
2025-12-18T10:05:42+00:00 · 6 min read
Web Scraping API Basics for Non-Developers
Abigail Jones Learn what web scraping APIs actually do, when to use them vs. other tools, and how to build your first data extraction workflow. No coding hype, just clarity.
2025-12-17T18:19:28+00:00 · 8 min read
How to Diagnose and Fix 405 Method Not Allowed
Abigail Jones Learn why scraping scripts trigger false 405 responses and how browser-based scraping with Octoparse helps handle JavaScript challenges, IP blocks, and retries.
2025-12-16T18:21:51+00:00 · 5 min read
Cloud Data Extraction: Scraping Data 24/7 Without Any Interruption
Abigail Jones Cloud web scraping is a way to collect website data on remote servers so your crawlers keep running even when your computer is offline, asleep, or suddenly shuts down. It can makes your web scraping results more reliable, faster, and easier to scale
2025-12-15T17:54:43+00:00 · 6 min read
What Are The Best Web Scraping APIs for Real Time Data
Ansel Barrett This guide explains what real-time web scraping actually involves, why it matters in specific industries, and what are the best scraping APIs to approach the problem.
2025-12-15T17:02:42+00:00 · 7 min read
Is Web Scraping Legal? What You Need to Know in 2026
Abigail Jones Is web scraping legal? The short answer is: it depends. Learn what makes scraping legal or illegal in the US, EU, and Asia, plus best practices to stay compliant in 2026.
2025-12-05T16:33:23+00:00 · 9 min read
Web Scraping 101: 10 Myths That Everyone Should Know
Ansel Barrett Have no ideas about web scraping? Read this article to learn the 10 myths about web scraping and the best tool to scrape any website without coding.
2025-12-05T16:05:38+00:00 · 6 min read
How To Collect Google Ads Data
Ansel Barrett Learn why teams scrape Google Ads Transparency Center data, how clean datasets power competitive insights, and what to expect from a reliable Google Ads scraper.
2025-12-04T17:50:12+00:00 · 5 min read
