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Real proxy and scraping use cases from HProxy: the actual workflows people build, with the setup, the numbers and the trade-offs behind each one.
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PrimeSpy: A Free Ad Spy Tool for Meta and TikTok Ads, and How to See Those Ads Country by Country
What PrimeSpy does, what its free Trial and $9.99 Pro plan include, who it suits, and how to check a competitor's ad and landing page the way a user in that country sees them.
October 15, 2026 · 5 min read
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Image scraping: how to download images from a website, and what is allowed
How to download a website's images with Python, tested: what img src misses, srcset and lazy loading, duplicates, robots.txt read the right way, and copyright.
October 12, 2026 · 6 min read
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Job scraping: how to collect job postings and which sites allow it
How to collect job postings without breaking a site's rules: what 15 job sites' robots.txt files allow, what Indeed and LinkedIn's terms say, and the public job APIs.
October 12, 2026 · 8 min read
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Pokémon card bots: how drops sell out and what proxies have to do with it
What Pokémon card bots do, what Pokémon Center's rules and US law say about them, and the bot defenses we found at eight stores that sell the cards.
October 12, 2026 · 7 min read
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Character AI alternatives: which chat apps work with a proxy or your own API key
Ten Character AI alternatives checked: who makes each, the minimum age in its terms, in how many App Store countries it is listed, and where a proxy or your own API key fits.
October 11, 2026 · 8 min read
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Is Character AI down? How to check, and what to do when it only fails for you
Is Character AI down, or does it only fail for you? What each error page means, why its status link no longer works, and what to do. Checked October 11, 2026.
October 11, 2026 · 6 min read
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Janitor AI alternatives: which ones work with a proxy or your own API key
Janitor AI alternatives, checked: four open-source front ends where you bring a model, six hosted apps, how free OpenRouter's free models are, and what proxy means there.
October 11, 2026 · 5 min read
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Best Buy price tracker: price drops, the price match, stock and the API
Best Buy matches its own lower price during the return period. Its Developer API gives sale price, regular price and stock, and its terms set rules for bots.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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Flipkart price tracker: price history, the tools and building your own
A Flipkart product page we read showed no price history. Trackers say they check prices several times a day; the Affiliate API gives the MRP and prices.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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Google Flights price alerts: tracking fares, and what changes by country
Turn on Track prices in Google Flights to get an email when a fare changes a lot. How Any dates works, the price tips, AI deals, and what location changes.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for Crunchbase: exports, the API, free datasets and what the terms allow
Crunchbase's terms forbid crawling and scraping. Its paid plans export to CSV each month, the API is sold through sales, and two datasets are free.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for FBref: the rate limit, the terms, and football data the allowed way
Sports Reference blocks bots that send FBref more than ten requests a minute, and its terms bar competing databases and AI training. There is no API.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for Flashscore: the terms, robots.txt, Favorites and where its data comes from
Flashscore's terms allow personal use only and forbid scraping and aggregating without consent. Favorites send live alerts, and Opta supplies its football data.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
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Proxies for Google Play: the terms, robots.txt and prices by country
Google's terms tie automated access to robots.txt, which closes Play search and reviews. A store page shows other countries' prices when only gl changes.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for idealo: how its price comparison ranks offers, Price Alerts and its MCP server
How idealo ranks shop offers, how its Price Alerts and price history work, what its terms say about scraping, and the MCP server idealo runs for AI assistants.
October 4, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for IndiaMART: the terms, the Leads API and why there is no Excel export
IndiaMART's terms ban systematic retrieval by robots or spiders without permission. Paid sellers can send their own leads to a CRM through its Leads API.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
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Proxies for LinkedIn Sales Navigator: exports, CRM sync and what LinkedIn allows
LinkedIn offers no CSV export from Sales Navigator, and Advanced Plus syncs leads with your CRM. What LinkedIn's terms say about scrapers and extensions.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
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Proxies for Rightmove: the terms, property alerts and the open data on sold prices
Rightmove's terms forbid bots, crawlers and scrapers. Alerts watch new listings, Data Services offers data, and HM Land Registry publishes sold prices free.
October 4, 2026 · 7 min read
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Proxies for Substack: the terms, the RSS feed, exports and the MCP server
Substack's terms forbid crawling, scraping and spidering. Every publication has a public RSS feed, writers can export posts, and some can use an MCP server.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
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Proxies for TradingView: webhooks, the display-only license and what a bot may do
TradingView sends webhooks from four published IP addresses. Its terms license alerts and webhooks for display only and forbid automated trading on them.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for Transfermarkt: the terms, robots.txt, the bot check and the RSS feeds
Transfermarkt's terms forbid bots, spiders and screen scraping, and an open robots.txt is no permission. What the site offers instead: free RSS news feeds.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for Yahoo Finance: the terms, the API terms and the paid download
Yahoo's terms forbid collecting data by robots, spiders or scrapers without its permission. Gold subscribers can download historical prices as a CSV file.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
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Proxies for Argos: the Argos stock checker, and what argos.co.uk showed our server
Argos checks stock on every product page: enter a town or postcode and pick a store. Its app and store checkers do too. What argos.co.uk showed our server.
October 3, 2026 · 8 min read
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Proxies for Autotrader: price drop alerts, price labels and what autotrader.co.uk allows
Autotrader UK has its own price drop alerts and price labels against its valuation. What outside price trackers do, and what Autotrader's terms allow.
October 3, 2026 · 6 min read
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