Now that you have built a web scraper that is capable of autonomously collecting information from various websites, there are a few things you should do to make sure it operates safely. A number of important measures should be taken to protect your web scraper. As you should be aware, nothing on the internet should be fully trusted if you do not have complete ownership of it.
In this chapter, we will discuss the following tools and techniques you will need to ensure your web scraper's safety:
- Virtual private servers
- Proxies
- Virtual private networks
- Whitelists and blacklists