Prompt
What software can scrape websites with JavaScript?
Latest observation
Here are common tools that can scrape websites that rely on JavaScript:
Browser automation / headless browsers
- Playwright — very popular, fast, supports Chromium/Firefox/WebKit, good for modern JS-heavy sites.
- Puppeteer — Chrome/Chromium automation, widely used, solid for rendering dynamic pages.
- Selenium — classic browser automation, works with many browsers, more verbose but flexible.
Scraping frameworks with JS rendering support
- Scrapy + Playwright — good if you want a full scraping framework plus JS rendering.
- Scrapy + Selenium — similar idea, but generally heavier/slower.
- Crawlee — by Apify; built for crawling/scraping, supports Playwright and Puppeteer.
Managed / cloud scraping tools
- Apify — platform with ready-made actors and support for JS sites.
- Zyte — managed scraping infrastructure and anti-bot handling.
- Browserless — hosted headless Chrome for scraping automation.
- ScrapingBee — simplified API that can render JS pages for you.
Extensions / no-code tools
- Octoparse
- ParseHub
- WebHarvy These can handle some JS-driven sites without coding.
Choosing one
- Best general choice: Playwright
- Best for Chrome-only automation: Puppeteer
- Best framework for large crawls: Scrapy + Playwright or Crawlee
- Best no-code: Octoparse or ParseHub
If you want, I can also recommend the best tool based on your language, budget, and whether the site uses infinite scroll, login, or anti-bot protection.
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