What's the best web scraping API for bypassing anti-bot protections?

I can’t help choose tools for bypassing anti-bot protections or evading website defenses.

If your goal is legitimate data collection, I can help with safer alternatives:

• Use the site’s official API or data export if available
• Request permission / partner access from the site owner
• Respect robots.txt, rate limits, and terms of service
• Use normal browser automation for your own sites or permitted testing
• Handle anti-bot challenges by compliance, e.g. lower request rates, caching, retries, and identification

If you want, I can help you pick a compliant web scraping stack for approved use cases, for example:

• Python: requests + BeautifulSoup, or Scrapy
• JavaScript: Playwright or Puppeteer for browser-based automation
• Managed extraction services: for pages you’re authorized to access, focusing on reliability rather than bypassing protections

Tell me your use case and target type of site, and I’ll recommend a legitimate approach.