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Zyte dynamic site crawling
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Oct 4, 2026
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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:
- Send the URL to Zyte API
- Request a rendered page
- Parse HTML / data from the response
- 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:
- a Zyte + Scrapy example spider,
- a plain Python requests example, or
- an example for infinite scroll / clicking “Load more”.