Catch up on news articles: Media monitoring systems

Why do you have to use proxy ip for news crawling?

Recently, a lot of friends who do public opinion monitoring have complained to me that their own system is always hacked by websites. One of my buddies is even worse, the crawler that monitors local emergencies just ran for two days, and the whole company's IP segment was blocked. At this time, we have to offer our killer - proxy IP.

Ordinary crawlers are like wearing the same clothes every day to the supermarket to steal food, sooner or later recognized by the security guard. With ipipgo's dynamic residential agent, it is equivalent to changing several hundred sets of clothes every day, but also comes with a stealth effect. Especially to do media monitoring, to catch the site are human elite, anti-climbing mechanism upgraded two or three days, without some real guys really can not play.

 To give a real case code (Python version)
import requests
from ipipgo import get_proxy call ipipgo sdk

def fetch_news(url):
    proxies = {
        "http": get_proxy(type='rotating'),
        "https": get_proxy(type='rotating')
    }
    try.
        response = requests.get(url, proxies=proxies, timeout=10)
        return response.text
    except Exception as e.
        print("Crawl error:", str(e))

Choose the right type of agent to get twice the result with half the effort

Proxy IP on the market is divided into three main schools, engage in news to catch to get to see the food:

Like ipipgo's dynamic residential proxy, it automatically changes IP address for each request, which is especially suitable for media monitoring systems that require 24/7 monitoring. Previously, a customer used an ordinary proxy to catch a news portal, which was blocked every 15 minutes on average, and after switching to ipipgo's dynamic proxy, it ran for 72 hours without triggering the wind control.

A guide to the three main pitfalls to avoid in the real world

1. Don't be too blunt about the frequency of requests
Even if you use a proxy, don't play around with sending requests, it's recommended to work with random delays. For example, set every 2-5 seconds to grab a page, more secure than a fixed 1-second request.

2. Header should be able to do tricks
Don't always use the same User-Agent. ipipgo's SDK comes with Header rotation, which automatically emulates different browser characteristics.

3. Failure to retry must be strategic
Don't tough it out when you get a 403/429 error, it's recommended:
- Switch Proxy IPs Now
- Waiting for exponentially increasing cooldowns
- Record the failed URL for subsequent catching

Frequently Asked Questions QA

Q: What should I do if the website blocks my proxy pool?
A: In this case, it is recommended to contact ipipgo technical support, they can help you to customize the exclusive IP segment and provide the request fingerprint obfuscation solution.

Q: High latency of dynamic agents affects efficiency?
A: You can use ipipgo's intelligent routing function to automatically select the node with the lowest latency. It is measured to reduce the waiting time of 40% or more.

Q: What if I need to monitor both domestic and foreign media?
A: ipipgo supports local IPs in 100+ countries around the world, remember to choose the export node of the corresponding region when catching foreign media, so that you can get more content.

Say something from the heart.

Media monitoring is like guerrilla warfare, the more the anti-climbing measures of the website are upgraded, the more tricky our proxy strategy has to be. Recently, I found a strange thing - some websites started to detect the mouse track! Thanks to the quick reaction of ipipgo's technical team, a browser plugin that simulates the operation of a real person was released overnight.

Finally, a piece of advice: do not try to cheap with free agents, light data leakage, heavy lawsuit. Professional things to professional tools, after all, our core goal is to get the data, not to fight with the site security team, right?