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I have six separate websites that must be polled for current pricing data in near-real time—think updates every few seconds rather than daily or weekly runs. Most of my internal tooling is built around Chrome so I can provide a starting point but your own solution may be more suitable so I am open to any approach you are comfortable with if it meets the timing and reliability goals. The workflow I envision is fully automated: • Each site is scraped continuously or on a tight schedule you configure, capturing only the pricing details I specify per site. • Captured records are pushed immediately to either a RESTful endpoint or an existing message queue; we can decide which option is cleaner once we speak. • Robust error handling, logging, and throttling controls should be part of the design so the scrapers stay up even when sites change layouts or rate-limit aggressively. I can supply a lightweight browser extension if it helps, but ideally you will deliver your own headless or multibrowser setup that does not depend on components I need to maintain. The more stable submissions you generate, the higher the compensation—volume and accuracy drive payout on this project. This is intended as an ongoing engagement for at least six months and possibly up to a full year. Let’s have a quick call to confirm technical details, discuss milestone structure, and make sure the API or queue format matches your preferred stack before we commit.
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As an experienced web scraping specialist, I am confident in my ability to handle the unique challenge of your real-time price scraping project. Over the years, I have acquired the skills necessary to extract data from thousands of websites, regardless of their complexity or anti-bot protection. This ensures that I can not only scrape your six target websites, but also deal with any potential changes in their layouts and rate limits. My proficiency in tools like Selenium, BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, Requests, and more gives me the flexibility to create a solution tailored specifically to your requirements. Whether it's a continuous polling or a tight schedule-driven approach for capturing pricing data, I'm prepared to deliver clean and structured outputs in formats that work best for you ─ CSV, Excel, JSON or database-ready. Moreover, having worked on e-commerce projects including product uploading on various platforms such as Magento, Shopify, WooCommerce and OpenCart, I understand the importance of accurate and efficient scraping and processing of large volumes of data. Not only will my solution ensure speed and reliability, but it will also be fully automated to free up your valuable time. Let's talk further about how my scalable solutions can contribute to your business goals and confirm that our technical specifics align before committing to this long-term engagement.
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Hello! I will create a PHP script to scrape data you need Please provide the details I have extensive experience in writing PHP scripts for data scraping Please see my reviews for reference.
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Hello There! I’m an experienced full-stack developer specializing in web scraping, real-time data pipelines, and automation systems, with over 10 years of experience building reliable, high-frequency data extraction solutions. I understand you need near real-time scraping from multiple websites, capturing pricing data every few seconds, with automated delivery to an API or message queue, along with strong error handling, logging, and resilience against rate limits or layout changes. I’ve built similar high-frequency scraping systems using headless browsers and scalable workers. My skills in Node.js/Python, Puppeteer/Playwright, queues, and fault-tolerant automation ensure stable, accurate, and continuous data flow. Feel free to share target sites. I’m ready to start immediately and design a reliable, scalable scraping system. Best regards, Md Toriqul Islam
£4 GBP in 40 days
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Hi, We’ve built similar solutions that scrape product prices from multiple e-commerce sites and deliver them via APIs. We’ve also developed a Chrome extension that allows users to select specific elements for scraping, which could be useful for your project. For your price scraper, we can use a combination of headless Chrome and dedicated scraping libraries like Puppeteer and Playwright. This way, we can handle both dynamic and static pages efficiently. We’ll also implement robust error handling and logging to ensure the scraper remains functional even if a site changes its layout. Let’s schedule a 10-minute call to discuss your requirements in more detail and see if I’m the right fit for this project. I’m eager to learn more about your exciting project. Best regards, Adil
£5 GBP in 40 days
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Hello there, I hope you are doing well. I design scalable, real-time data pipelines and I’m confident I can deliver a robust automated price scrapers setup that runs with near‑continuous cadence across six sites. My approach focuses on headless, multi‑browser execution, resilient to layout changes, throttling, and automatic retry/error handling so the feeds stay up even when sites shift. I’ll push captured prices to a REST endpoint or a message queue of your choice, with careful logging and rate‑limit controls to keep the system reliable. I’ve built real-time price scrapers using headless browsers and lightweight orchestration, delivering stable data streams to REST APIs or queues, with modular error handling and monitoring that allows quick adaptation to site changes without interrupting downstream tooling. I’ll tailor the pipeline to your stack and ensure minimal maintenance burden on your team. I can handle the work end‑to‑end based on my experience, delivering a simple, dependable MVP first and expanding to full real-time coverage as we validate the setup. Please feel free to contact me so we can discuss more details. I am looking forward to the chance of working together. Best regards, Billy Bryan
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✅✅ It’s My Best Pleasure to SUPPORT You ✅✅ £10 GBP/hour | ⏱ Ongoing support for near-real-time scraping, automation, API delivery & monitoring Portfolio: https://www.freelancer.com/u/photop2 With strong experience in web scraping, browser automation, REST API integration, data processing, logging, and long-running automation systems, I can build a reliable scraper workflow that continuously captures pricing data from the six target websites and sends it into your internal system quickly. Scraping & Automation • Build continuous or tightly scheduled scrapers for all six websites based on the required pricing fields • Use headless Chrome, Playwright, Puppeteer, or another stable approach depending on each site’s structure • Capture only the required pricing records and keep the workflow lightweight and efficient Data Delivery & Reliability • Push captured records immediately to your RESTful endpoint or existing message queue • Add structured logging, retry handling, throttling controls, and failure alerts • Design the system to handle layout changes, temporary blocks, and rate limits as safely as possible Ongoing Maintenance & Scaling • Keep the scraper setup maintainable for a long-term engagement across six months or more • Monitor data accuracy, scraper health, and submission stability • Adjust parsers quickly when target sites change layout or behavior Pier M
£10 GBP in 40 days
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Hi, I understand that you need an automated real-time scraper to monitor six websites for pricing updates every few seconds and push the data immediately to a REST API or message queue. I can design a stable, scalable system with robust error handling, logging, and throttling to ensure uninterrupted operation even when sites change layouts or apply rate limits. For this project, I recommend the following stack: Python with Selenium or Playwright (headless): For reliable, multi-browser scraping that handles dynamic content and JavaScript-heavy sites. Asyncio / Celery: To manage concurrent scraping tasks efficiently and schedule high-frequency polling. REST API or RabbitMQ/Kafka: For immediate data delivery to your internal systems, ensuring low latency and reliability. Logging & Monitoring: Python’s logging and alerting tools to track errors and scraper health. Deployment: Dockerized containers running on AWS or a similar cloud platform for scalable, easy-to-maintain infrastructure. This approach ensures accurate, near-real-time pricing updates, minimal downtime, and maintainable, future-proof scrapers that don’t rely on your existing browser extension. Let me know if you have any specific requirements or questions! Thanks, Ihor
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Hello,\n\nYour automated, near-real-time price scraper project is exactly the kind of architecture I design for stability and low maintenance. I will deliver a headless, multi-browser solution that polls your six sites at a tight, configurable cadence and captures only the pricing fields you specify per site. The engine will run in a standalone environment so you aren’t tied to a particular browser extension or internal tool, with a robust watch-dog and automatic layout-change handling that auto-adapts to minor site updates without failing.\n\nKey outcomes: real-time or near-real-time data delivery to a REST endpoint or a message queue, predictable throttling to respect rate limits, comprehensive logging, retry/backoff strategies, and alerting for failures or schema shifts. I’ll provide clear onboarding, a minimal footprint containerized deployment, and a clean API surface for your downstream systems.\n\nWe’ll start with a quick technical alignment call to lock scope, data schemas, and the preferred transport (REST vs. queue). Then I’ll draft milestones around architecture, pilot, and production rollout, with measurable success criteria and a plan for ongoing optimization. \n\nBest regards,
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Hello, With over 6 years of experience as a Virtual Assistant, I have a strong focus in web scraping and automation. I can efficiently help in providing reliable solutions for gathering real-time pricing data from multiple websites. In this role: - I will implement a fully automated system that continuously scrapes the specified websites for pricing details, capturing data at frequent intervals. - The collected information will be transmitted promptly to a designated endpoint or message queue, ensuring seamless integration with your existing infrastructure. - Additionally, I will incorporate robust error handling and logging mechanisms to maintain stability and functionality, even in the face of website changes. An advantage is my proficiency in a variety of tools and technologies, including web scraping frameworks, RESTful APIs, and automation scripts. Regards, Blessing
£5 GBP in 40 days
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Hello Sir, I am a professional Python developer with over 7+ years of experience. I have read your requirements and am interested to work for you. I have hands-on experience in Python automation, web scraping, and data handling, and I focus on delivering reliable and clean solutions. I am ready to start immediately and waiting for your response. Best regards, SoftNexus Technologies
£10 GBP in 40 days
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Near-real-time pricing across six sites is a scraping infrastructure problem, not just a scripting task. The difference matters at this polling frequency. Scraping every few seconds means each site will eventually detect and block the traffic if the setup is not designed for it from the start. Rotating residential proxies, randomised request timing, and per-site fingerprint profiles are not optional additions here. They are the foundation that keeps the scrapers running reliably over a six to twelve month engagement. Layout changes are the other reliability concern. Sites update their markup and selectors break silently. The logging and alerting layer needs to detect zero-result responses and flag them immediately rather than pushing stale or empty data downstream. My approach: Playwright-based headless scrapers per site, rotating proxy layer, per-site configuration files so selectors can be updated without touching the core engine, structured output pushed to a REST endpoint or message queue as you prefer, and a monitoring dashboard showing live status per site with error alerts. Python is my preferred stack for this type of pipeline. Containerised with Docker for easy deployment and restarts. A short call to review the six sites before confirming timeline and per-site complexity makes sense. Can you share the site list ahead of that so I can assess any that use heavy JS rendering or aggressive anti-bot measures?
£5 GBP in 40 days
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I recently completed a real-time pricing aggregator for multiple e-commerce sites, improving data accuracy while simplifying system maintenance. I am new to Freelancer, but I have hands-on experience contributing to large scale projects with companies like Amazon and Google, focusing on scalable data pipelines and automated workflows. Your project needs a clean, efficient, and automated solution that polls websites in near-real time with robust error handling and seamless data integration to RESTful endpoints or message queues. I prioritize building simple, reliable systems structured for long-term success. My approach avoids unnecessary complexity and focuses on getting things right from the beginning. I am ready to start once we align on technical specifics and milestones. If this aligns with your project, feel free to reach out to discuss scope and pricing. Regards Patrick
£4 GBP in 90 days
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Hi, I'll create an automated real-time price scraper using Python and Selenium for cross-browser compatibility. I'll set up continuous scraping, capturing specific pricing data, and pushing records every few seconds to your chosen endpoint or message queue. I'll ensure robust error handling, logging, and throttling. Please contact me to discuss details.
£10 GBP in 40 days
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As an experienced Full-Stack & Mobile App & CRM & Artificial Intelligence Expert, I have the technical and problem-solving skills that could streamline, optimize and innovate the data scraping process you need. In particular, my strong background in Software Architecture and Data Processing dovetail nicely with the unique nature of your project. Moreover, my knowledge and experience in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms coupled with cloud-native architectures can be extremely beneficial when it comes to building AI-powered scrapers with error handling mechanisms that are robust enough to mitigate layout changes and rate-limiting issues. I've built numerous agentic AI workflows, employing these same strategies during my tenure working across FinTech, Healthcare, E-Commerce, Travel, and EdTech sectors – experiences that have given me invaluable insights into understanding and meeting specific industry needs. In sum, my proposal offers not just mastery in relevant tech stacks but an unwavering commitment to delivering results efficiently and effectively. Additionally, I would be happy to discuss milestone structure and evaluate how the API or queue format aligns with my preferred stack during our forthcoming call. Looking forward to contributing to your project for the long-term!
£4 GBP in 40 days
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As an experienced AI engineer and full stack developer, I bring comprehensive skills to the table and am primed to handle the challenges of your project. My expertise in software architecture is key here as I can design a robust, scalable system that'll meet your requirement for near-real-time data scraping, incorporating thorough error handling, logging and throttling control mechanisms for maximum uptime—even when sites undergo layout changes or rate limits. Lastly, I grasp that this project will span a significant duration, so it is essential we maintain effective communication throughout. As we've likely grown better acquainted during these initial exchanges already on vital subjects such as API specifications and milestone structures—I hope we can proceed efficiently from here. Together, I am confident we can achieve substantial volumes and matching accuracy while driving impactful business outcomes. It would be a pleasure to put my skills at your disposal and join you on this exciting journey!
£4 GBP in 40 days
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Hi there! I'm Jan, a Python developer and Unix/Linux administrator with 15 years of experience, including web scraping and automation projects. I would be happy to discuss the project details and find the best technical approach for your requirements. Best regards, Jan
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Hi, I can build a stable near real-time scraping system for all six websites with automated polling, fast data delivery to your REST API or message queue, and strong error handling/logging for long-term reliability. I’m experienced with headless browser automation using Playwright/Puppeteer and can design the system to handle throttling, layout changes, and aggressive rate limits efficiently. I can deliver a scalable setup that runs independently without requiring browser extensions, along with monitoring and maintenance support for the ongoing engagement. Happy to discuss milestones, architecture, and integration details on a quick call. Abdul Rafe
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Dear Client, I have reviewed your requirements for polling six websites for near-real-time pricing data every few seconds. I will build a headless scraping solution using Node.js with Puppeteer or Playwright, running on a tight schedule with robust error handling, logging, and throttling to avoid rate limits or layout changes. Captured pricing records will be pushed immediately to your REST endpoint or message queue as you prefer. This will be an ongoing engagement for at least six months, and I am available for a quick call to confirm technical details and milestone structure. Looking forward to your reply and call, Jean
£4 GBP in 40 days
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Hi there, Thanks for sharing the details of your project. Your requirement for near real-time pricing collection across six separate websites is something I can confidently help you build and maintain long term. I have experience developing high-frequency scraping systems using headless Chrome, Playwright, Puppeteer, and rotating browser automation setups designed for reliability under aggressive rate limits and layout changes. Based on your workflow, I can build a fully automated solution that continuously monitors each site, extracts only the required pricing fields, and pushes updates instantly to either a REST API or message queue depending on what fits best with your infrastructure. The system would include: • Near real-time polling with optimized scheduling • Robust retry logic and anti-failure handling • Structured logging and monitoring • Throttling and proxy support if required • Modular scraper architecture for easy maintenance • Headless browser or multi-browser support independent of extensions Looking forward to speaking with you. Thanks!
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Hello. Our backend specialist can handle your task and get started today. We will handle all the specific aspects of web development, including server care and deploy. If you also would like to develop simple browser extension - we can discuss it (frontend specialist also available). Simple design + chrome extension would not take much effort. Btw we already have experience in browser extension development (you can check out "zedxion price plugin" in portfolio).
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