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Practical guides on bypassing bot detection, scaling data extraction, and building developer-first APIs.

Why I Built My Own Web Scraping Service: From Costly Tools to Custom Code
Founder Story

Why I Built My Own Web Scraping Service: From Costly Tools to Custom Code

The journey from paying $449/mo in subscription fees to building a scalable, self-hosted scraping solution.

Dec 23, 20258 min read
How to Web Scrape Images (Google, Pinterest, Bing, GettyImages & More) using Node.js in 2026
Engineering

How to Web Scrape Images (Google, Pinterest, Bing, GettyImages & More) using Node.js in 2026

Avoid IP bans and bypass lazy loading. A deep dive into six different ways to extract image data.

Jan 6, 202610 min read
Why Are SERP APIs So Expensive?
Engineering

Why Are SERP APIs So Expensive?

Comparing SERP api's providers and providing a scalable web scraping API solution when existing solutions were too expensive.

Mar 11, 202610 min read
Does Google Images Have an API?
Engineering

Does Google Images Have an API?

An article about the proper solution and answer to the famous question "Does Google Images still have an API?"

Apr 3, 20265 min read
How to Fetch Images from Google?
Engineering

How to Fetch Images from Google?

Explore how to fetch Google images with JSON results and why choosing the right Google Image API is the secret to seamless api integration.

Apr 3, 20265 min read
Scrapingdog Google Image API Alternative
Engineering

Scrapingdog Google Image API Alternative

CognifyAPI is a strong and cost-effective alternative to Scrapingdog for Google Images and related search data

Apr 1, 20265 min read