Many websites may have high-security measures to recognize and block web scrapers. To keep your scraping activities safe, IP rotation is a great approach. It can help you to reduce the risk of getting blocked.
What does Octoparse offer?
1. Proxies
Proxies can be added for both local extraction and cloud extraction in Octoparse. More details can be found here: Set up IP proxies
2. IP Rotation
The Octoparse Cloud service is supported by thousands of cloud nodes, each with a unique IP address. When an extraction task is set to execute in the Cloud, the task will be split into sub-tasks, and each sub-tasks will be run with a Cloud node simultaneously. So requests are performed on the target website through various IPs, minimizing the chances of being traced and blocked by the target website. The IP pool is constantly being updated.
Additionally, when you run tasks using Octoparse's Cloud run option, your local IP address is not exposed. All connections with target websites are executed using dedicated Cloud IPs maintained by Octoparse, ensuring your privacy and operational efficiency.
What can I achieve with cloud extraction?
1. Extraction Speed Up
There are 6 to 20 cloud nodes scraping the data simultaneously. So the same set of data in the cloud can be scraped 6 to 20 times as fast as with local extraction.
2. Avoid Captcha
More IPs generally mean less likely to be traced/detected, hence less Captcha.
3. Bypass geographical or IP-based restrictions
Octoparse's Cloud IPs can help bypass geographical or IP-based restrictions that websites may impose, making it easier to access content from restricted regions.
Important Consideration:
Regardless of whether you utilize Cloud or local execution, the effectiveness of Octoparse in bypassing restrictions largely depends on the configuration and rules set by the target website. Proper setup can mitigate IP-based limitations and ensure efficient task execution.