I’m curious: How many in our community use headless browsers versus HTTP clients or private APIs for scraping? I personally lean on API requests for better efficiency.
hey, i lean towards headless broswers for dynamic stuff, but if an api is on hand, i grab it coz its faster. both have their ups and downs tho.
My experience shows that API calls usually provide a more efficient scraping method thanks to their cleaner interface and lower overhead. Although headless browsers are indispensable for browsing dynamically generated content, I tend to develop my projects with APIs in mind to maintain both speed and simplicity. Nevertheless, there are occasions when leveraging headless browsers is necessary due to the complex rendering on some websites. Balancing both methods based on project specifics often proves to enhance overall performance and reliability in collecting data.