Get test account for 60 minutes
Register an account and get a proxy for the test. You do not need to fill payment data. Support most of popular tasks: search engines, marketplaces, bulletin boards, online services, etc. tasksSimple tool for complete proxy management - purchase, renewal, IP list update, binding change, upload lists. With easy integration into all popular programming languages, PapaProxy API is a great choice for developers looking to optimize their systems.
Quick and easy integration.
Full control and management of proxies via API.
Extensive documentation for a quick start.
Compatible with any programming language that supports HTTP requests.
Ready to improve your product? Explore our API and start integrating today!
And 500+ more programming tools and languages
A proxy server spoofs the IP address, port, and hardware information. It can also act as a secure gateway for data transmission in an already encrypted form (for example, this is how a proxy with the SOCKS5 protocol works).
When scraping a dynamic list where the content is loaded dynamically, you often need to use a web scraping library that supports interaction with JavaScript or a headless browser. The selenium library is a popular choice for this task.
Below is an example of scraping a dynamic list from a website using Python with selenium. In this example, the list items are loaded dynamically through JavaScript, and we'll use selenium to interact with the page.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
# Replace 'your_url' with the actual URL of the page
url = 'your_url'
# Initialize the webdriver (you may need to download the appropriate webdriver for your browser)
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
# Open the webpage
driver.get(url)
# Use WebDriverWait to wait for the dynamic content to load
try:
# Adjust the timeout and conditions based on your webpage's behavior
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//div[@class="your-list-item-class"]'))
)
# Extract the list items using XPath (adjust the XPath based on your HTML structure)
list_items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//div[@class="your-list-item-class"]')
# Process the list items
for index, item in enumerate(list_items):
print(f"Item {index + 1}: {item.text}")
finally:
# Close the browser window
driver.quit()
In this example:
'your_url'
with the actual URL of the page you want to scrape.driver.find_elements
based on the structure of your HTML. This XPath should point to the dynamic list items.Remember to install the selenium
library (pip install selenium
) and download the appropriate WebDriver (e.g., ChromeDriver) for your browser.
Although free proxies are popular, they are far from being flawless in their work. Many of their IP addresses are blacklisted by popular resources, and the data transfer speed and stability are very unreliable. When choosing a proxy, keep in mind that the new version of IPv6 is not supported by most websites. Note also that proxies are divided into private and public, statistical and dynamic, and support different network protocols.
It depends on which browser you are using. In Opera, Chrome, Edge a proxy is configured at the level of the operating system itself. In Firefox in the settings there is a special item (in the "Privacy" section).
Start the program and add a template. Click on it twice to open a window. Here you need to specify the path to the file with the proxy and save the settings. Enter the following format in the file: HTTPS - 195.3.218.232:8000 - if the proxy is bound to your IP, or login:[email protected]:8000 - if you use a proxy with username and password authentication. Under "Settings" click on "Default", or fill everything in manually, and then confirm the changes you made.
What else…