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Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.octoparse.com/docs/llms.txt

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Free, practical guides on web scraping for the no-code era. Start with the beginner tutorial, or explore the four sections below.

Beginner Guide

Hands-on tutorials. Build your first scraper step by step.

Web scraping basics

What it is, what it isn’t, and where it fits — including AI scraping and the legal landscape.

How web scrapers work

The mechanics — headless browsers, selectors, proxies, CAPTCHAs, and the cloud.

Use cases

Where teams put scraping to work — leads, prices, real estate, e-commerce, social.

Site-specific guides

Step-by-step playbooks for Amazon, LinkedIn, Google Maps, and Yelp.

What is AI web scraping?

The new class of LLM- and agent-driven scraping, and what it actually solves.