# Web Scraping

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T20:02:45.335Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: veri-bilimi-ve-veri-yonetimi
**TLDR:** A method for programmatically collecting structured or semi-structured data from web pages.

<p>Web scraping is an automation-based approach used to collect data from publicly accessible web content. It is commonly applied to price data, listings, news content, and product attributes. However, scraping is not only a technical problem; access policies, robots directives, rate limits, data ownership, and ethical usage boundaries must also be considered. Since web structures can change over time, the sustainability and fault tolerance of these collection processes must be designed carefully.</p>