web scraping

American  

[web skrey-ping] / ˈwɛb ˌskreɪ pɪŋ /

noun

Digital Technology.

1. the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.

   Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping.

   Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.

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Other Word Forms

• web scraper noun

Etymology

Origin of web scraping

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

Using machine learning and web scraping tools to consume information—already par for the course for some funds operating in the daytime—could become even more important.

From Barron's

The rise in this activity, known as web scraping, recently prompted British media publishers to join calls by creatives for the UK government to uphold protections around copyrighted content.

From BBC

Nearly all these scripts do some kind of web scraping to make booking vaccination slots easier for those who know how to run them.

From Slate

So I thought I would do some web scraping of my own, found RocketReach chief executive Scott Kim on LinkedIn and sent him a message.

From BBC

And in April, a federal appeals court ruled that automated data collection from websites, known as web scraping, did not violate the law.

From Seattle Times