I'm trying to set up a Vinted monitor script, but I'm completely new to coding and Python. I've been getting some help from ChatGPT, which has been useful, but I'm hitting a wall. When I try to scrape the HTML for details like price and condition, I keep getting errors. ChatGPT mentioned that I could do this without using residential proxies, which are super expensive (like $10k a month), but every script I've tried ends up resulting in 401 or 403 errors. It seems like there must be a way to make this work without those costly proxies, right? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Your issues with the 401 and 403 errors likely stem from Vinted's security settings blocking your requests. One approach is to use a session to maintain cookies when you log in, as session information is key to bypassing those restrictions. Look into using Python’s requests library for that. But if you don't have any coding experience, following a tutorial on session handling could be really helpful.
It sounds like you're dealing with Vinted's anti-bot measures, which can definitely complicate things. Have you tried adjusting your scraping method? Sometimes just tweaking a few lines in the code can help you bypass the restrictions without needing proxies. Also, make sure you're setting the right headers in your requests; that can often lead to those pesky error codes.
I haven't changed much in the code since I'm so new to this. What headers should I be looking at?
Thanks! I’ll definitely check that out. I think a step-by-step guide would help me understand better.