{"id":6016,"date":"2021-03-27T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/?p=6016"},"modified":"2021-03-29T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T12:45:25","slug":"5-best-web-scraping-tools-to-extract-online-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/tools\/5-best-web-scraping-tools-to-extract-online-data\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Best Web Scraping Tools to Extract Online Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Web Scraping tools are specifically developed for extracting information from\u00a0websites. They are also known as web harvesting tools or web data extraction tools. These tools are useful for anyone\u00a0trying to collect some form of data<\/strong>\u00a0from the Internet. Web Scraping is the\u00a0new data entry technique<\/strong>\u00a0that don\u2019t require repetitive typing or copy-pasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These software\u00a0look for new data manually or automatically<\/strong>, fetching the new or updated data and storing them for your easy access. For example, one may collect info about products and their prices from\u00a0Amazon\u00a0using a scraping tool. In this post, we\u2019re listing the use cases of web scraping tools and the top 10 web scraping tools to collect information, with zero codings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Web Scraping Tools?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Web Scraping tools can be used for unlimited purposes in various scenarios but we\u2019re going to go with some common use cases that are applicable to general users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Collect Data for Market Research<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Web scraping tools can help keep you abreast on where your company or industry is heading in the next six months, serving as a powerful tool for market research. The tools can fetch data from multiple data analytics providers and market research firms, and consolidating them into one spot for easy reference and analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Extract Contact Info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

These tools can also be used to extract data such as emails and phone numbers from various websites, making it possible to have a list of suppliers, manufacturers, and other persons of interests to your business or company, alongside their respective contact addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Download Solutions from StackOverflow<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Using a web scraping tool, one can also download solutions for offline reading or storage by collecting data from multiple sites (including StackOverflow and more Q&A websites). This reduces dependence on active Internet connections as the resources are readily available in spite of the availability of Internet access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Look for Jobs or Candidates<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

For personnel who are actively looking for more candidates to join their team, or for job seekers who are looking for a particular role or job vacancy, these tools also work great to effortlessly fetch data based on different applied filters, and to retrieve data effective without manual searches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Track Prices from Multiple Markets<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

If you are into online shopping and love to actively track prices of products you are looking for across multiple markets and online stores, then you definitely need a web scraping tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Scraping Tools<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take a look at some of the best web scraping tools available. Some of them are free, some of them have trial periods and premium plans. Do look into the details before you subscribe to anyone for your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scraper API<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Scraper API is designed to simplify web scraping. This proxy API tool is capable of managing proxies, web-browsers & CAPTCHAs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It supports popular programming languages such as Bash, Node, Python, Ruby, Java, and PHP. Scraper API has many features; some of the main ones are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is fully customizable (request type, request headers, headless browser, IP geolocation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n