Facebook Data Crawl: Residential Proxy Bypasses FB's Anti-Crawl Mechanisms

When Reptiles Hit the Facebook Copper and Iron Wall

Old iron people who engage in data collection know that Facebook's anti-climbing system is stronger than a security door. Ordinary server room agents are like breaking into a banquet hall in work clothes, and they will be racked out by the security guards in minutes. This is the time to move outResidential AgentsThis godsend, it's like letting creepy crawlies put on their neighbor's casual clothes and waltz in and out through the front door.

Stealth Secrets of Residential Agents

The key to ipipgo's residential agent's ability to hide from the public is three masterpieces:

 Python example - using ipipgo proxy
import requests

proxy = {
    'http': 'http://user:pass@gateway.ipipgo.io:9021',
    'https': 'https://user:pass@gateway.ipipgo.io:9021'
}

resp = requests.get('https://www.facebook.com',
                    proxies=proxy, headers={'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10)
                    headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0)'})

A practical guide to avoiding the pit

It's not enough to have an agent, it has to be a tactical match:

1. Don't be lazy about switching - Every collection of 5-10 pages on the IP change, do not wait for the system alarm sounded before taking action!
2. Browser fingerprints to make up - Remember to change the webdriver characteristics when using selenium.
3. Manipulating rhythmic human beings - Randomly scroll the page + click intervals, don't make it look like a robot reporting the numbers

Frequently Asked Questions First Aid Kit

Q: Used a proxy and still got banned?
A: Check three points: ① whether to set the double verification header ② IP purity enough ③ operation interval is too regular. It is recommended to use ipipgo'sDynamic session holdfunctionality

Q: What should I do if the data is not fully loaded?
A: 80% triggered lazy loading, try these two tricks: ① use a headless browser to scroll to the bottom ② add X-Requested-With flag in the request header

Choose the right weapon for less

There are a lot of agencies on the market, but not many are optimized specifically for social platforms. ipipgo'sIntelligent Routing SystemIt can automatically match the residential IP of the target area, as if the crawler is equipped with GPS navigation. Recently they have come out with a newtraffic obfuscation patternMore extreme, can disguise data requests as video traffic, pro-test effectively reduce the 30% interception rate.

The last nagging a big truth: the technical means again clever, also can not stand barbaric operation. Compliance with the rules of the platform in order to flow for a long time, after all, we just borrow data to use, but not to tear down their houses, right?