A-Parser Digest: Additional Scraper Updates

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A-Parser News Digest: Additional Scraper Updates

External services regularly change page structures, search result formats, authorization mechanisms, and data loading methods. We monitor these changes and make the necessary improvements so you can continue using scrapers in your workflows.

SimilarWeb Scraper​

SimilarWeb data collection scraper update

• Correct scraper operation has been restored
• The protection bypass module has been reworked from Puppeteer to Playwright
• Compatibility with SimilarWeb’s current protection mechanisms has been improved

JS::MailValidator Scraper​

Email address validation scraper update

• Email validation has been fixed for Outlook/Hotmail, Mail.ru, Yandex, and Rambler
• Yahoo support via Puppeteer has been added
• AOL support via Puppeteer has been added
• The hotamil.com domain has been added

Expireddomains.net Scraper​

Deleted domain data collection scraper update

• The preset has been completely rewritten as a JS scraper
• The new mandatory authorization with MFA has been taken into account
• Table data loading via XHR requests has been implemented
• The column set has been updated: ALEXA has been removed, WBY, MMGR, and List have been added

X (Twitter) Posts Scraper​

X post collection scraper update

• Compatibility with the new X API structure has been fixed
• Processing of accounts with promoted content has been fixed
• Pagination cursor handling has been fixed
• Post ID export to Excel has been improved to correctly display long identifiers

All Videos from a YouTube Channel Scraper​

YouTube channel video collection scraper update

• Compatibility with the new YouTube lockupViewModel format has been added
• ytcfg processing has been fixed for channels with non-standard structures
• Video duration retrieval has been fixed
• Video description collection has been added
• The architecture has been reworked for parallel video processing

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