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Veil
A web scraper that uses the lightest method that works
Veil is an open-source Python web scraper that tries the cheapest method first and only escalates when a site blocks it so you're not running a full browser for every page. • 3 tiers: plain HTTP → TLS impersonation → stealth browser • Resumable concurrent crawler (checkpoint, JSONL, dedupe) • Proxy rotation, rate limiting, robots.txt by default • Honest README: documents what it can't beat Python, MIT, tested. A learning project built in the open.
hey PH 👋
i'm still pretty new to python and built this mostly to learn, so honestly any
feedback helps.
the idea: most scrapers either send a plain http request and get blocked, or spin
up a whole headless browser for every page (slow + expensive). veil tries the cheap
stuff first and only moves up when it actually gets blocked:
plain http → TLS fingerprint impersonation → stealth browser
it's also got a crawler that resumes if it crashes, rotates proxies, and respects
robots.txt by default.
the part i'm actually proud of: i tested it against real sites and wrote down what
it CAN'T do. it gets past JS challenges, but if a site throws a 403 before any
javascript runs, that's an IP reputation thing and no code fixes it — you just need
residential proxies. that's in the readme, i didn't wanna pretend it beats
everything.
it's open source (MIT), and there's a CONTRIBUTING guide + good-first-issues if
anyone wants to build with me. would love to hear what i got wrong 🙏
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About Veil on Product Hunt
“A web scraper that uses the lightest method that works”
Veil was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #153 on the daily leaderboard. Veil is an open-source Python web scraper that tries the cheapest method first and only escalates when a site blocks it so you're not running a full browser for every page. • 3 tiers: plain HTTP → TLS impersonation → stealth browser • Resumable concurrent crawler (checkpoint, JSONL, dedupe) • Proxy rotation, rate limiting, robots.txt by default • Honest README: documents what it can't beat Python, MIT, tested. A learning project built in the open.
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