How to Build a Web Scraper using JavaScript

Node.js, Async/Await and Headless Browsers

Bret Cameron

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A different kind of scraper… (Image Credit: Jannes Glas / Unsplash)

If you want to collect data from the web, you’ll come across a lot of resources teaching you how to do this using more established back-end tools like Python or PHP. But there’s a lot less guidance out there for the new kid on the block, Node.js.

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Bret Cameron

Writer and developer based in London. On Medium, I mainly write about JavaScript, web development and Rust 💻