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Alex Spinov
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Scrape Without Getting Blocked — 6 API-Based Methods

Anti-bot systems can't block you if you use the site's own API.

  1. Reddit JSON API → append .json to any URL
  2. YouTube Innertube → internal API, no blocks
  3. Google News RSS → standard RSS feed
  4. Bluesky AT Protocol → open API by design
  5. HN Firebase → official real-time API
  6. JSON-LD → embedded in HTML for Google

None of these trigger CAPTCHAs, WAFs, or rate limiters.

All 77 tools using these methods: Apify

Custom unblockable scraping — $20: Payoneer

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