Apify

An application programming interface (API) makes it easy for computer programs to talk to each other

What is an API?

Proxy servers act as a shield protecting your digital identity from the websites you visit

A residential proxy is the most reliable way to scrape data while using proxies.

A datacenter proxy is the fastest and most affordable way to scrape data while using proxies.

SERP is an abbreviation for Search Engine Result Pages

JavaScript is the main programming language of the Internet

A session is reusing the same IP address during web scraping

A request is your command for an actor to open a specific webpage to further scrape it for data

A request queue is a list of web pages lined up for your actor to visit and scrape for data within one run.

A key-value store is a space for storing important files

Node.js is an open-source environment that executes JavaScript code without the need for a browser

JSON is a format for storing and transporting data

A dataset is a table that acts as a log of your results from web scraping activities.

A web scraper is a program made to extract data from the web

Apify SDK is your number one resource for creating your own Apify actor

Web crawling is a process of browsing webpages systematically

Web scraping is extracting data and content from websites automatically

RPA stands for robotic process automation

Puppeteer is a way for you to control the Chrome browser using JavaScript

Cheerio is an implementation of jQuery designed specifically for servers

A headless browser is a web browser with no graphical user interface

An Apify Actor is a program that can carry out any task in a web browser

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