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APIFY BLOG

Product updates, tips and stories from the world of web scraping and automation.
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AI
Apify updates


WEB SCRAPING IN 2024: BREAKTHROUGHS AND CHALLENGES AHEAD

Explore 2023's web scraping advancements: tools, challenges, and contributions
in the ever-evolving data extraction world.
Natasha Lekh

Theo Vasilis
Dec 15, 2023
AI
ChatGPT
LLMs


ADD CUSTOM ACTIONS TO YOUR GPTS WITH APIFY ACTORS

Apify Actors now export the OpenAPI specs for their API, which makes it easy to
call them from your GPTs and give them web scraping capability.
Jan Čurn
Nov 15, 2023
AI
LLMs


8 OPEN-SOURCE LANGCHAIN ALTERNATIVES

LangChain has skyrocketed as a framework for developing LLM apps. But what are
the alternatives?
Theo Vasilis
Nov 1, 2023
Case studies
AI
LLMs


HOW INTERCOM USES APIFY TO FEED WEB DATA TO ITS AI CHATBOT FOR CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Find out how Fin, Intercom’s new customer support AI chatbot, uses Apify's web
crawling technology to leverage data from customer websites and documentation.
David Barton
Aug 15, 2023
Web scraping
Tutorial
Community


HOW TO AUTOMATE WEATHER DATA COLLECTION WITH WEATHER SCRAPER

Learn how to extract weather data from multiple locations using one simple web
scraping tool.
Tuğkan Cengiz
Dec 20, 2023
Scrapy
Python
Web scraping


ALTERNATIVES TO SCRAPY FOR WEB SCRAPING IN 2024

Scrapy compared with 5 alternatives for web scraping in both Python and
JavaScript. Which one will you try?
Theo Vasilis
Dec 20, 2023
Python
Beautiful Soup


HOW TO PARSE XML IN PYTHON

A comprehensive guide to using ElementTree APIs and Beautiful Soup. Learn about
XML structure, modifying XML files, saving data to CSV, and parsing RSS feeds
for practical applications.
Satyam Tripathi
Dec 19, 2023
Data extraction
Web scraping
Screen scraping


THE TOP 6 INSTANT DATA SCRAPERS IN 2024

Need an instant data scraper? We list the top 6 data scrapers for 2024 based on
five key attributes.
Theo Vasilis
Dec 19, 2023
Case studies
Black Friday


BLACK FRIDAY 2023 IN CZECHIA — ARE THE NEW RULES WORKING?

From 2023, Black Friday should be fairer. Read a comprehensive analysis of how
Czech e-shops have coped with the amendment to the Consumer Protection Act. See
who's sticking to the law, who hasn't caught up and who's looking for ways
around it.
Jakub Balada
Dec 15, 2023
Web scraping
AI
Apify updates


WEB SCRAPING IN 2024: BREAKTHROUGHS AND CHALLENGES AHEAD

Explore 2023's web scraping advancements: tools, challenges, and contributions
in the ever-evolving data extraction world.
Natasha Lekh
Dec 15, 2023
Data
Data extraction


DATA PARSING: WHAT IS PARSING DATA AND HOW DOES IT WORK?

Learn about data parsing and how to choose between purchasing a parser and
building your own.
Daniela Ryplová
Dec 13, 2023
AI
Data
Integration


LLAMAINDEX VS. LANGCHAIN

A guide to the functionalities of LlamaIndex and LangChain so you know when to
use them.
Theo Vasilis
Dec 11, 2023
Scrapy
Python
Web scraping


HOW TO USE MIDDLEWARE IN SCRAPY: CUSTOMIZING YOUR SPIDER

Learn how to develop custom middleware for your Scrapy projects.
Percival Villalva
Dec 7, 2023
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