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    How to Use Residential Proxies: From Panel to First Request

    You use a residential proxy by generating a line in the panel and entering it in a browser, phone or script. Which format goes where, and how to save GB.

    Written by: Enver Kaya

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    How to Fix JSONDecodeError: Expecting Value in Python

    JSONDecodeError: Expecting Value means the parser found no JSON at the first character: the body is empty, HTML or plain text. Here is how to find the cause.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    Max Retries Exceeded With URL: What It Means and How to Fix

    Max retries exceeded with url is a wrapper around the real connection error in Requests. The cause sits in the Caused by part; here is how to read and fix it.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    What Is a MITM Proxy? Charles, Fiddler and mitmproxy Guide

    A MITM proxy routes your own traffic through a local tool so you can read HTTPS requests and responses. We compare Charles, Fiddler and mitmproxy for debugging.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    What Is a PAC File? FindProxyForURL Syntax and Examples

    A PAC file is a small JavaScript file that tells the browser whether each URL goes direct or through a proxy. Learn FindProxyForURL, WPAD and common mistakes.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    What Is Port 8080? Proxy Port Numbers and What They Mean

    Port 8080 is IANA's alternate HTTP port, used by proxies and dev servers alike. Learn what 3128, 1080 and 443 mean and how to fix the port already in use error.

    Written by: Enver Kaya

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    Python Encoding Errors: How to Fix UnicodeDecodeError

    Python encoding errors come from bytes decoded with the wrong codec. Learn to fix UnicodeDecodeError in files, the Windows console and scraped web pages.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    Squid Proxy on Ubuntu 24.04: Install, Auth and squid.conf

    Squid is an open-source forward proxy that relays requests from its own IP. Install it on Ubuntu 24.04, lock it with ACLs and basic auth, then tune caching.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    This Site Can't Be Reached: What It Means and Why It Happens

    This Site Can't Be Reached means Chrome could not connect to the site. We explain each error code and how to tell whether the problem is yours or the site's.

    Written by: Enver Kaya

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    Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: What Is the Difference?

    Web crawling finds which pages exist by following links; web scraping pulls fields like price or title from them. We compare the two with Scrapy code.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

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    How to Monitor a Website for Changes and Get Alerts

    To monitor a website for changes, a tool loads the page on a schedule, compares it with the last copy and alerts you. Learn to cut false alerts and add proxies.

    Written by: Enver Kaya

  12. Published

    Cloudflare Scraper: Why Requests Get Blocked and What Works

    A Cloudflare scraper gets blocked when its requests score as a bot. Learn to read the block you hit, then pick a legitimate route that still gets you the data.

    Written by: Acar Diveroli

  1. How to Use Residential Proxies: From Panel to First Request

    Tutorial

    Published

  2. How to Fix JSONDecodeError: Expecting Value in Python

    Tutorial

    Published

  3. Max Retries Exceeded With URL: What It Means and How to Fix

    Tutorial

    Published

  4. What Is a MITM Proxy? Charles, Fiddler and mitmproxy Guide

    Proxies

    Published

  5. What Is a PAC File? FindProxyForURL Syntax and Examples

    Tutorial

    Published

  6. What Is Port 8080? Proxy Port Numbers and What They Mean

    Proxies

    Published

  7. Python Encoding Errors: How to Fix UnicodeDecodeError

    Web Scraping

    Published

  8. Squid Proxy on Ubuntu 24.04: Install, Auth and squid.conf

    Tutorial

    Published

  9. This Site Can't Be Reached: What It Means and Why It Happens

    Tutorial

    Published

  10. Web Scraping vs Web Crawling: What Is the Difference?

    Comparison

    Published

  11. How to Monitor a Website for Changes and Get Alerts

    Use Cases

    Published

  12. Cloudflare Scraper: Why Requests Get Blocked and What Works

    Web Scraping

    Published