antiscraping
Antiscraping refers to a set of techniques and practices employed by websites to detect and prevent automated access to their data and services. The goal is to protect proprietary content, reduce server load, preserve user privacy, and deter data harvesting for competitive or malicious purposes. Anti-scraping measures are distinct from the act of scraping itself, which is the programmatic collection of data from the web.
Common techniques include rate limiting, blocking of IPs and known proxies, and denial of requests that originate
Implementation typically combines client- and server-side checks, with access granted through legitimate channels such as approved
Challenges include false positives that block real users, performance overhead, and the ability of sophisticated actors