Proxies for Web Scraping: a Complete Guide | OxyCast #5

Curious to learn what proxies are and how they’re used for web scraping? In the fifth episode of OxyCast, OxyCast host and Software Engineer Augustinas Kalvis and Mindaugas Dunderis discuss proxies and how they go hand-in-hand with public data scraping.

Mindaugas gives his professional insight into the importance of getting proxies from a reputable provider rather than using free ones. He also shares how Residential Proxies are acquired, how they compare against Datacenter Proxies, and which one suits better for different business cases.

In this video, you’ll learn:

• Intro
• Proxy definition
• Proxies for web scraping
• Are free proxies safe to use?
• Why should you pay for proxies instead of using free ones?
• Proxy locations
• How do Residential Proxies work, and how are they acquired?
• Residential vs. Datacenter Proxies: different use cases
• Oxylabs’ innovations in the proxy industry

*Information provided in this episode is based on our clients' use of Oxylabs' innovative solutions and tools for scraping publicly available data.

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