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  1. Scraping API error codes explained: what each one means, whether to retry, and what it costs

    Every error is a status plus a short code and a sentence. The full list: the cause of each one, whether a retry helps, and which ones refund the credit.

    · 3 min read

  2. What max_age means in a scraping API, and why a stored answer costs 0 credits

    Site endpoints store answers and share them. max_age sets how old a stored copy may be; every response says whether it was live or stored, and how old it is.

    · 2 min read

  3. Web scraping API vs writing your own scraper: which one for a side project, an agent, or a data pipeline

    Fetching pages yourself versus calling a scraping API: headers, JavaScript rendering, blocked sites, parsing, cost, and the cases where each one wins.

    · 3 min read