Web Crawling & Automation

From headless browser data collection
to web interaction automation

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Tech Stack

Playwright

Headless Browser Engine

Chromium-based browser automation. Full support for JavaScript-rendered pages, SPAs, and dynamic content.

Chromium/Firefox/WebKit JavaScript Rendering Network Intercept Multi Browser Context

FastAPI

API Service Layer

Async Python web framework providing crawling jobs as APIs. Triggers tasks in coordination with Laravel.

Async Processing Auto OpenAPI Docs Pydantic Validation WebSocket Support

APScheduler

Job Scheduling

Cron-based periodic collection scheduler. Set individual schedules per data source for automated execution.

Cron Expressions Job Queue Management Failure Retry Concurrency Control

PostgreSQL + asyncpg

Data Store

Flexible JSONB schema for unified storage from diverse sources. High-performance async DB driver.

JSONB Flexible Schema Async Connection Pool Trend Analysis Index Tenant Isolation

Capabilities

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Data Collection (Crawling)

Portal search result collection (Naver, Google)
Shopping mall product data (price, rank, reviews)
Sales index/trend tracking
Full JavaScript rendering support
Auto pagination/infinite scroll

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Web Automation (Action)

Auto form filling & submission
Login session management
File upload/download automation
Screenshot/PDF capture
API-connected auto data transfer

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Reliability & Scalability

Random delay between requests (Rate Limiting)
User-Agent/header rotation
Auto retry with exponential backoff
Proxy pool management
Multi-browser parallel processing

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Data Pipeline

HTML parsing → structured data
JSONB flexible schema storage
Daily snapshots for trend tracking
CSV/Excel export
REST API external integration

Use Cases

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E-commerce Monitoring

Track competitor prices, rankings, and review changes daily

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Keyword Rank Tracking

Monitor keyword exposure rankings across portals and malls

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Sales Index Analysis

Daily collection and trend analysis of sales indices from YES24, Aladin, etc.

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Content Collection

Monitor brand mentions in news, blogs, and online communities

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Price Comparison

Collect and compare identical product prices across multiple malls

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Periodic Reports

Auto-generate daily/weekly reports based on collected data

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