The Web Data APIs Glossary

Your complete reference for Web Search, Crawling, Scraping, and Extraction APIs. Learn about discovery, retrieval, and data structuring for the modern web.

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Web Scraping APIs

Automated web content fetching. Key concepts: dynamic content, request handling, and data retrieval.

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Web Crawling APIs

APIs for systematically navigating websites to discover URLs and extract content at scale. Key principles: link traversal, crawl politeness, rate limiting, and crawl orchestration.

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Web Extraction APIs

Parsing HTML to extract structured data fields. Key concepts: selectors, patterns, and data structuring.

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Web Search APIs

Querying pre-built indexes to find relevant information. Key concepts: relevance, ranking, and retrieval.

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