Scraping Agency
We set up high-performance Web Scraping programs in compliance with RGPD and ethical standards.
Our main extraction sources
Our Scraping offer
Web scraping is the automated extraction of data from one or more sources on the Internet. Scraping can be used for a wide variety of purposes, and can offer many advantages for companies.
- Automatically monitor prices of one or more competing products in real time
- Extract online reviews to feed customized AI models
- Build a database of qualified leads to feed your prospecting efforts
- Identify the technologies and tools used by companies to offer them adapted services
- And many other use cases!
Calling on a scraping agency like Terros considerably reduces the complexity and time involved in setting up scraping programs.
Following a detailed audit by our scraping experts, we propose the most appropriate scraping process for your specific business issues.
We develop dynamic web platforms, mobile applications and Scraping and automation algorithms based on the most appropriate technologies.
Our development method in Scraping
The implementation of Web Scraping algorithms requires a thorough due diligence audit, as well as an understanding of the data extraction requirements.
Understanding the need and objective
Our team of Web Scraping experts and Product Managers analyze your needs and the different characteristics of your business to propose an automation scenario, enabling you to understand and contribute to the various stages of the project, its budget and schedule.
Identification of the most relevant sources
Once we've identified your needs, we'll work with you to draw up a list of the most relevant web sources to target.
Detailed audit
It is essential to carry out a source audit before implementing one or more Web Scraping processes, in order to guarantee the legality, ethics and the technical viability of data collection.
A thorough audit assesses legal compliance with the laws and terms of use of targeted sites, identifies potential technical limitations, and ensures that Web Scraping complies with ethical standards and best practices.Understanding the characteristics of sources minimizes legal, technical and ethical risks, and ensures efficient, responsible data collection.
Data Architecture Design
Our team of architects plans the structure in which the data collected will be stored. This includes defining data types, relationships between entities, and the choice of suitable databases or storage systems.
Careful design of the data architecture ensures efficient organization, easy retrieval of information and optimal management of the growing volume of data collected via web scraping.
Prototyping and development
Initial scraping scripts are developed to test technical feasibility and assess the quality of extracted data.
In the development phase, these prototypes are improved, optimized and adapted to be robust in the face of potential changes on the targeted sites. This step is crucial to ensure the reliability and stability of the Web Scraping process, while respecting ethical and legal constraints.
Deployment and monitoring
Our DevOps team, trained in the specific problems of Scraping, can deployment the various Web Scraping modules developed on an adapted Cloud architecture.
For example, this deployment ensures regular, autonomous data extraction to guarantee permanent monitoring of targeted sources and the continuous feeding of various databases: prospect lists, pricing matrices, machine learning models...
Our team of Scraping experts
Augustine
Developer Architect, Scraping Expert
Married
Lead Product Manager Scraping
Jeremy
Product Manager Scraping
Alexander
Scraping Expert
Advantages and Disadvantages of Scraping
Advantages ✅
- Efficiency and time saving
- Accuracy and consistency
- Scalability
Disadvantages ❌
- Legality and ethics to master
- Technical complexity
- Resources Used and Cost
FAQ - Questions about Web Scraping
Is Scraping Legal?
The legality of web scraping depends on various factors, including the way it is carried out and whether it complies with laws and the conditions of use of websites.
In general, scraping public and non-copyrighted data is often considered legal.
Furthermore, the conservation and use of data extracted through scraping is an essential factor to consider in assessing the legality of the process.
Why use a Scraping agency?
Calling in Web Scraping professionals has many advantages.
Scraping agencies like Terros have expertise in extracting complex data from multiple sources, allowing them to manage sophisticated data sets.
Another advantage is the ability of an experienced team to implement stable and scalable web scraping processes, ensuring sustainable and regular data extraction over the long term.
Finally, an agency brings in-depth knowledge of the legal and ethical aspects of Web Scraping.
This expertise guarantees the implementation of robots that comply with current regulations, ensuring that data collection is not only technical, but also legal and ethical. This becomes particularly relevant in a context where legal compliance and privacy protection are central concerns in the field of data processing.
What are the benefits of Scraping?
The applications of scraping are diverse and offer multiple advantages to businesses of all sizes.
These benefits include the automated monitoring in real-time prices of competing products, online review extraction to feed personalized artificial intelligence models, the creation of qualified lead bases to stimulate prospecting, as well as identification of technologies and tools used by other companies in order to offer them suitable services.
The possibilities of using scraping are vast and extend to many other use cases!
What are the best tools and languages for scraping?
Several tools and languages are commonly used for web scraping depending on the specific needs of the projects.
Here are some examples:
- Beautiful Soup (language: Python): A powerful Python scraping tool that makes it easy to extract information from HTML and XML pages.
- Scrapy (language: Python): An open-source Python framework specifically designed for web scraping, offering a robust structure and advanced features.
- Selenium (language: multiple, but often used with Python): Primarily an automated testing tool, it is also used for scraping, especially for dynamically generated websites.
- Puppeteer (language: JavaScript/Node.js): A scraping tool developed by Google that supports scraping of JavaScript-based web pages.
At Terros, we favor the use of lightweight languages and libraries to optimize the extraction of millions of data in the most stable and economical way possible.
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