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Web scraping product data

Hey everyone! I am building a digital library/inventory for consumer products and need to scrape plenty of websites with different formats/layouts. As of now, I am doing it manually (slow and not very productive).

I am aware of the use of scripts for this purpose. Although I have beginner/intro level knowledge of Python, I don't feel super comfortable venturing that way for now (specially cause I need to get as much data as possible this week and I'm unsure of this learning curve). Any recommendations on how to get more productive or other tools that might help?

Some examples:

Appreciate it!

on February 16, 2021
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    Hi toche, I would recommend to try the browser scraper extensions, they're fairly easy to get started, no coding required.

    Search for scraper on the Chrome webstore, all top 3 results provide intro video. I tried the second one before, it's not perfect but get the job done, good luck :)

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      Thanks for sharing this @hilee , saved me quite some time. I ended up using the Web Scraper extension from your list (simple/intuitive).