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Ai-Q LabsSep 18, 2026 • 9 min read
I removed the under maintenance label from my Actor twice. It came back in four hours, then in one.
I removed the under maintenance label from my Actor twice. It came back in four hours, then...
#webdev#devops#automation#apify
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Roman V (RV)Sep 23, 2026 • 4 min read
How to monitor Shopify competitor prices, stock, and product changes
Shopify competitor price monitoring is not the same as repeatedly exporting a product catalog. A...
#shopify#ecommerce#webscraping#apify
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Jeffrey TurovSep 17, 2026 • 5 min read
Your Actor should never see my credentials: the security case for MCP connectors
Every automation platform has the same dirty secret: the easiest way to connect a third-party servic...
#apify#mcp#security#automation
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Aman BhawsarSep 23, 2026 • 2 min read
Most site owners find out their security is broken the hard way — after a breach, not before. 🔒
Built GuardHawk — a one-click website security audit tool. Point it at any domain you own or manage,...
#apify#n8nbrightdatachallenge#cybersecurity#ai
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Mr ZackSep 18, 2026 • 3 min read
Your "only new results" mode has never been tested on the second run
Half of the scrapers we sell on Apify Store have a monitor switch: onlyNew: true. Schedule the actor...
#webscraping#testing#javascript#apify
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Devil ScrapesSep 22, 2026 • 4 min read
We swept 288 scrapers for columns that are empty in every row. 35 had one.
Quick answer We swept 288 of our own Apify Actors for a specific, boring defect: a column...
#webscraping#python#testing#apify
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Devil ScrapesSep 24, 2026 • 4 min read
We tested the 'always pin the proxy country' rule instead of trusting it. Same data came back from two exit countries.
Quick answer We tested "pin the proxy exit country on a country-scoped site" before paying...
#python#webscraping#apify#proxy
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Devil ScrapesSep 21, 2026 • 4 min read
We queried Wallapop for zzznonsensequery9999xyz. Zero results is what proved the search actually works.
Quick answer Before we trust any target's search parameter, we run one cheap test: query...
#python#webscraping#testing#apify
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Devil ScrapesSep 21, 2026 • 4 min read
A CONNECT 407 looked like a proxy-entitlement problem. It was a country pin with no group name.
Quick answer Cloud QA on the Zalando Fashion Listings Scraper failed with CONNECT 407 and...
#python#webscraping#apify#proxy
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Devil ScrapesSep 22, 2026 • 4 min read
Our Actor got 403'd on every page and still reported SUCCEEDED with zero rows
Quick answer A cloud QA run of the Ricardo.ch Listings Scraper reported SUCCEEDED with...
#python#webscraping#debugging#apify
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Timothy KelvinSep 18, 2026 • 1 min read
"Pull a company's open roles straight from their own job board API"
Most "company hiring signal" tools scrape LinkedIn. company-hiring-tracker does something simpler:.....
#apify#webscraping#api#javascript
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Viktor DubnytskiySep 18, 2026 • 6 min read
How to Find Facebook Groups by Keyword Without Login
Facebook's own search needs an account. Here are three ways to find public Facebook groups by keywor...
#facebook#webscraping#apify#opensource
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UMAR ARSHADSep 24, 2026 • 1 min read
New Apify Actor: Mustakbil Jobs Scraper — Pakistan Jobs API ($1.20/1k)
Mustakbil Jobs Scraper is live on Apify Store Looking for a Mustakbil.com / Pakistan jobs...
#apify#webscraping#pakistan#jobs
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NexGenDataSep 23, 2026 • 10 min read
Shopify Store Prospecting: Find + Qualify 10,000 Stores per Day
A full prospecting stack for B2B sales targeting Shopify merchants. Detect Shopify, inspect installe...
#apify#shopify#sales#prospecting
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Devil ScrapesSep 24, 2026 • 4 min read
nbHits said 6,360. The API only let us page through 1,000 of them.
Quick answer Querying Welcome to the Jungle's search index with no filter reports nbHits:...
#python#webscraping#apify#algolia
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Devil ScrapesSep 24, 2026 • 4 min read
Per-profile or per-link: the billing unit on a link-in-bio scraper differs by 10x
Quick answer On a link-in-bio page, "one row per profile" and "one row per link" aren't a...
#python#webscraping#apify#api
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Devil ScrapesSep 24, 2026 • 4 min read
A probe and a production scraper saw two different pages for the same missing Snapchat user
Quick answer A plain curl at a nonexistent Snapchat username — no browser impersonation,...
#python#webscraping#apify#nextjs
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Devil ScrapesSep 22, 2026 • 4 min read
Our QA run passed with rows in the dataset and still proved nothing about pagination
Quick answer Our cloud QA harness passed the Kijiji Listings Scraper with a green...
#python#webscraping#testing#apify
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Devil ScrapesSep 22, 2026 • 4 min read
Our scraper returned 50 rows and 39 distinct IDs — count identities, not rows
Quick answer Our new TCGPlayer Card Prices scraper passed cloud QA, delivered rows, and...
#python#webscraping#api#apify
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Devil ScrapesSep 22, 2026 • 3 min read
We doubled the memory, cut runtime 33%, and raised the cost 41%
Quick answer Our new DirectIndustry Industrial Suppliers Scraper had a run that finished a...
#python#devops#apify#webscraping
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UMAR ARSHADSep 23, 2026 • 1 min read
Scrape Instahyre tech jobs on Apify — $1.10 per 1,000
Instahyre is a major India tech hiring board. I published an Apify Actor that pulls public search +....
#apify#webscraping#career#india
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RanovaSep 22, 2026 • 1 min read
Greenhouse Jobs Scraper
Disclosure: this post is about our own tool — Greenhouse Jobs Scraper is a paid actor we publish on....
#apify#webscraping#api#devtools
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RanovaSep 21, 2026 • 1 min read
Yahoo Finance Scraper
Disclosure: this post is about our own tool — Yahoo Finance Scraper is a paid actor we publish on...
#apify#webscraping#api#devtools
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UMAR ARSHADSep 23, 2026 • 1 min read
Scrape Foundit (Monster India) jobs on Apify — $1.50 per 1,000
Foundit.in (formerly Monster India) is still a major India jobs board. I published an Apify Actor...
#apify#webscraping#career#india
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