Ivy Lin
Community & Content Lead
Ivy Lin leads community engagement and content strategy at Nstdata. She works closely with developers, marketers, and data professionals to create educational resources that simplify complex proxy and data collection concepts. Her writing covers industry trends, best practices, product guides, and real-world applications of proxy technology across different industries.
All Articles
How to Scrape JavaScript-Rendered Pages with Python
JavaScript-rendered pages require the method that matches their data path. This guide covers network extraction, three browser approaches, and managed rendering.
Zyte vs. Apify vs. Crawlbase: Which Scraping Platform Fits?
Zyte, Apify, and Crawlbase overlap in page acquisition but assign crawler code, storage, scheduling, and extraction differently. This guide compares the operating boundaries.
How to Extract Text from HTML with Python: 4 Reliable Methods
HTML-to-text libraries solve different problems: full DOM text, XPath selection, main-content extraction, or layout preservation. This guide tests the decision rules and cleanup steps.
10 Best Website Screenshot APIs for Reliable Page Capture
Website screenshot APIs differ most in page-readiness controls, artifact scope, and operational ownership. This guide compares ten options using a repeatable production test.
Crawl4AI vs Firecrawl: Features, Control, and Cost
Crawl4AI emphasizes self-hosted Python control, while Firecrawl emphasizes a managed API. The right choice depends on infrastructure ownership and acceptance criteria.
Best AI Web Scrapers: 5 Tools for Production Pipelines
AI web scrapers differ in scope, control, and operating burden. This ranking compares five tools using production-oriented acceptance criteria.
Crawlee Data Storage Types: Dataset, KVS, RequestQueue
Crawlee offers three core storage abstractions with different access patterns. This guide explains how to combine them without mixing queue state, artifacts, and accepted results.
Proxies for Sneaker Bots Explained: Uses, Limits, and Responsible Boundaries
Sneaker proxies are network routes that are often discussed alongside automation, but the proxy does not determine whether a workflow is permitted. This article separates lawful store QA and public catalog monitoring from botting, purchase manipulation, and attempts to evade retailer controls.
India Residential Proxies: What They Are and When They Fit
An India residential proxy can help an authorized team test a public Indian web experience, but it does not replace consent, regional product knowledge, or application-level validation. The useful selection boundary is whether a real consumer-network context changes the result.
