World Congress 2023 • Oct 6, 2023

From clicks to cribs - How to find your dream home with web scraping

Alexander Lichter

Automate your competitive apartment search with a custom web scraper. Learn to bypass CAPTCHAs with Puppeteer and send instant property alerts straight to a Telegram bot.

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#1 about 3 min

Challenges of finding dream homes in major cities

How competitive real estate markets create stress and demand constant monitoring.

#2 about 1 min

Automating routine website checks to save time

Calculating the time saved justifies creating custom scripts for repetitive tasks.

#3 about 1 min

Extracting website data using web scraping techniques

Bypassing manual entry limitations by extracting bulk information across web platforms.

#4 about 3 min

Scraping data payloads from single page applications

Inspect network requests to uncover and replicate underlying JSON API calls.

#5 about 7 min

Extracting data from static HTML using parsing libraries

Querying DOM elements with tools like Cheerio to isolate structured attributes.

#6 about 3 min

Writing unit tests and parsers for HTML extraction

Using testing frameworks to validate accurate extraction of complex real estate data.

#7 about 2 min

Automating the fetch and parse workflow for multiple sites

Combining fetching utilities with parsing logic to create consistent object arrays.

#8 about 4 min

Diffing JSON data and scheduling mobile push notifications

Storing parsed entries in a flat file database and triggering Telegram alerts.

#9 about 4 min

Bypassing authentication and captchas using headless browser automation

Handling anti-bot protections through simulated sessions and manual intervention fallbacks.

#10 about 2 min

Concluding thoughts on scraper tools and audience questions

Final insights on data extraction choices and third-party solving services.

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Handling http network errors and anti-scraping challenges

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