Prompt

Zyte dynamic site crawling

Technology / Cloud Infrastructure1 observationLast seen Oct 4, 2026

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Oct 4, 2026OpenAI APIWeb search: off

If you mean how to crawl dynamic websites with Zyte, the usual approach is to use Zyte API / Zyte Smart Proxy Manager with a browser rendering mode, then extract the content from the rendered page.

Main options

1) Zyte API with browser rendering

Best for sites that rely on:

  • JavaScript-rendered content
  • infinite scroll
  • clicks/tabs
  • anti-bot protections

Typical flow:

  1. Send the URL to Zyte API
  2. Request a rendered page
  3. Parse HTML / data from the response
  4. Repeat for pagination or interactions

Example idea:

import requests

api_url = "https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Basic YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}

payload = {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "browserHtml": True
}

r = requests.post(api_url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(r.json())

2) Zyte Smart Proxy Manager with Scrapy

If you use Scrapy, Zyte can be integrated to handle:

  • rotating proxies
  • bans
  • fingerprints
  • browser rendering through Zyte services

Typical setup:

  • install Zyte integration
  • configure proxy endpoint and credentials
  • enable render if needed
  • crawl like a normal Scrapy spider

3) Interact with dynamic content

For pages requiring clicks, scrolling, or waiting:

  • use browser automation via Zyte’s browser-based features
  • wait for network idle or specific elements
  • scroll to trigger lazy loading
  • click “Load more” buttons

Common scraping pattern

For a dynamic product listing:

  • request rendered category page
  • extract product URLs
  • visit each product page with rendering if needed
  • collect structured data

Tips

  • Prefer API extraction when possible; it’s simpler and more stable.
  • Use browser rendering only when HTML alone is insufficient.
  • Cache results if pages don’t change often.
  • Respect robots.txt, site terms, and legal requirements.

If you want, I can give you:

  1. a Zyte + Scrapy example spider,
  2. a plain Python requests example, or
  3. an example for infinite scroll / clicking “Load more”.

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