A Python scraper uses Selenium to automate a browser for a site that heavily relies on JavaScript. The scraper is slow because it waits for the full page load. The team wants to reduce runtime while ensuring the dynamic content is present. Which approach is most effective?

Set page_load_strategy to 'none' and then sleep for a fixed 10 seconds.

Use time.sleep(5) after every page load to ensure the JavaScript has executed.

Disable images and CSS to speed up page loads.

Use WebDriverWait with an expected condition for the specific element that contains the data.

What is the primary characteristic of WebSocket communication?

It is a one-way communication from server to client only

It provides full-duplex, bidirectional communication over a single TCP connection

It uses a new HTTP request for each message

It only works over unencrypted connections

Which of the following is a recommended practice to avoid being blocked when scraping a website?

Using the same session without delays

Setting a descriptive User-Agent header

Sending requests as fast as possible

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A Python scraper uses Selenium to automate a browser for a site that heavily relies on JavaScript. The scraper is slow because it waits for the full page load. The team wants to reduce runtime while ensuring the dynamic content is present. Which approach is most effective?
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What is the primary characteristic of WebSocket communication?
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Which Python library is specifically designed for parsing HTML and XML documents and provides methods like find() and find_all() to navigate the DOM?
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Which tool is specifically designed to automate a real web browser and can execute JavaScript to render dynamic content?
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Which of the following is a recommended practice to avoid being blocked when scraping a website?
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A Python scraper uses Selenium to automate a browser for a site that heavily relies on JavaScript. The scraper is slow because it waits for the full page load. The team wants to reduce runtime while ensuring the dynamic content is present. Which approach is most effective?

What is the primary characteristic of WebSocket communication?

Which Python library is specifically designed for parsing HTML and XML documents and provides methods like find() and find_all() to navigate the DOM?

Which tool is specifically designed to automate a real web browser and can execute JavaScript to render dynamic content?

Which of the following is a recommended practice to avoid being blocked when scraping a website?

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