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What is web scraping?
Gathering data from the Internet is the art of automatically extracting data from a website.
Data Science is at EasyData the fundament behind successful web scraping.
For practical execution, RPA Automation knowledge together with AI&ML algorithms comes into play.
At EasyData, Data Science is at the core of what we do. This approach ensures structured web scraping and meaningful interpretation of the acquired data. The result? Clients don’t just get a refined copy of the original website but a clear, insightful view of the desired information. RPA Automation plays a key role here—without intelligent RPA Automation, structured data collection wouldn’t be possible. Together, Data Science and RPA Technology deliver a well-organized, clear overview of the subject.
Why would you want to use web scraping?
It might sound questionable, why take content from someone else’s website? The reason is often as simple as the Internet search process itself. Some business processes simply run better with access to real-time data in a broader context. Our Data Science engineers and RPA Automation expertise focus on integrating relevant online data into your workflow.
Take the transport industry, for example. Imagine having a complete overview of companies authorized to transport animal products. Having all these companies from neighboring countries neatly organized in your database is incredibly efficient. You’ll instantly know whom to approve and which companies might lead to fines.
Think about how such a dataset improves processes. This is how EasyData brings Data Science into practice with measurable process enhancements. Here, RPA Automation ensures the online database is structured and accessible for the client.
Web scraping, how does it work?
Web scraping is the process of using automated services—the RPA Automation process—to extract content and data from a specific website. Often, clients already provide the websites to scrape. In some cases, we search for relevant sites with additional data. Datasets that add value to the web scraping project complete our Data Science mission!
Web scraping, let’s dive deeper!
In RPA (Robot Process Automation) applications, we use so-called “screen readers.” When we are collecting data, the “web scrape bot” extracts the underlying HTML code. And with that, the data stored in the database. This differs from RPA’s usual screen scraping, which only copies pixels displayed on the screen. The web scraping bot then converts the entire website content and categorizes the data. For this, EasyData uses existing Machine Learning and AI algorithms from our Data Science toolkit. The combination of Data Science and RPA Automation delivers unique results for our clients.
Web scraping, what’s in it for me?
Smart Data Capture isn’t just a toy for Data Science researchers and RPA Automation specialists. It’s used across various organizations. More and more data-driven companies and institutions already have some form of RPA Automation in place. With this evolving and widely accepted IT structure, these organizations increasingly rely on data collection. Thanks to our Data Science approach, we often include more publicly accessible datasets in web scraping projects to provide a fuller picture of the desired data, and thus, better information. A successful web scraping project delivers data-driven insights that boost your organization’s performance.
EasyData in Action
You can probably imagine that the resources needed for successful scraping are significant. It starts with the necessary hardware. On those servers, the right Machine Learning and AI tools must be installed, tailored to your specific needs. In this case, RPA Automation is more than just performing repetitive tasks—it ties the underlying technologies together into a cohesive system.
These automated RPA services then need to be made available through secure and accessible Cloud Computing technology. Our Data Science specialists design the framework based on your requirements. Luckily, we have plenty of experience here, so we won’t reinvent the wheel. Our Data Science and RPA Automation experts are happy to guide you through the process!
We Embrace the Challenge
Imagine you want to share data online but keep web scrapers out of your database. Thanks to our web scraping expertise, we can help with that too. Ethics are built into our DNA when it comes to web scraping projects.
At the same time, we’ve seen how malicious scraper bots have made basic security measures ineffective. For example, so-called “headless browser bots” can pretend to be human visitors accessing your online database—when in reality, they’re AI-powered bots.
EasyData has multiple techniques, backed by years of experience, to protect your data as effectively as possible.
