Learn More About Augustas Pelakauskas

Senior Copywriter at Oxylabs

Augustas Pelakauskas is a Senior Copywriter at Oxylabs. Coming from an artistic background, he is invested in various creative ventures, the most recent being writing. After testing his abilities in freelance journalism, he transitioned to tech content creation. 

From (geo)politics and history to military, tech, and space, Augustas can’t stay uninformed about domestic and global affairs even for an hour. 

When at ease, he enjoys sunny outdoors and active recreation. As soon as the temperature allows and the frosty winter winds clear the way for spring, you can find Augustas cycling around his hometown. As it turns out, his bicycle is his fourth best friend.

When the harsh seasonalities force Augustas to stay home, he indulges in visual arts, DIY, photo editing, and cinema.

5 Cheerio Alternatives for Web Scraping

5 Cheerio Alternatives for Web Scraping

Looking for Cheerio alternatives for web scraping? Compare Puppeteer, Playwright, Selenium, JSDOM, and Scrapy to find the best fit for your data extraction needs.

2025-03-13

4 min read

How to Make a Web Crawler With Python

How to Make a Web Crawler With Python

Learn how to collect targets for web scraping with a custom-built Python web crawler, including handling duplicate URLs and managing pagination.

2025-03-03

4 min read

Running Python on Windows: A Beginner's Guide

Running Python on Windows: A Beginner's Guide

A process of setting up Python on Windows and preparing a simple web scraping code for an e-commerce target, along with tips for more complex web data gathering scenarios.

2025-02-19

3 min read

How to Use Timeouts With cURL Requests?

How to Use Timeouts With cURL Requests?

Learn to set timeouts for HTTP requests using cURL to handle slow connections, unresponsive servers, and file transfers.

2025-02-13

2 min read

Random IP for Every Connection

Random IP for Every Connection

Using a random IP for every connection could help with web scraping. You can test your luck generating random IPs or be more confident with rotating proxies.

2025-02-06

4 min read

How to Run a Python Script

How to Run a Python Script

Learn how to run a Python script using a command line interface, integrated development environment, and interactive mode.

2025-02-06

3 min read

How to Scrape Google Scholar With Python

A step-by-step guide to extracting academic data, including titles, authors, URLs, and citations, from Google Scholar using Oxylabs Web Scraper API and Python.

2025-01-28

5 min read

Web Scraping vs API: Which to Choose in 2025

Web Scraping vs API: Which to Choose in 2025

The pros and cons of manual web scraping, web scraping APIs, and public APIs, as web data extraction is booming along with the explosion of AI solutions.

2025-01-10

4 min read

Building Web Scraping Architecture for AI Companies

Building Web Scraping Architecture for AI Companies

The process of building a workflow that allows you to collect large-scale web data for AI training.

2025-01-09

1 min read

10 Best Puppeteer Alternatives for Web Scraping in 2025

10 Best Puppeteer Alternatives for Web Scraping in 2025

Discover some of the best Puppeteer alternatives for web scraping, highlighting key features, drawbacks, and prices.

2025-01-02

5 min read

How To Set Up and Use a Proxy Server

How To Set Up and Use a Proxy Server for Windows, Mac, and Various Browsers

Learn how to set up proxies for the most popular operating systems and internet browsers.

2024-12-20

3 min read

How to Make HTTP Requests in Node.js With Fetch API visuals

How to Make HTTP Requests in Node.js With Fetch API

A step-by-step tutorial on making HTTP requests in Node.js with Fetch API, detailing the actionable code and a comparison to Axios.

2024-12-09

6 min read

Introducing Oxy Parser, an Open-Source Data Parsing Tool

Introducing Oxy Parser, an Open-Source Data Parsing Tool

Oxy Parser is an open-source data parsing tool that automates HTML structurization using Pydantic models and automated XPaths.

2024-10-15

2 min read

OxyCon 2024: The Top Takeaways

OxyCon 2024: The Top Takeaways

We, the Oxylabs team, thank you for your enthusiasm in attending, watching, and asking so many questions. Whether you missed the live event or want to refresh your memory, here you’ll find highlights from each topic.

2024-09-26

6 min read

Web Scraper API Quick Start Guide

Web Scraper API Quick Start Guide

In this quick start guide, we introduce Web Scraper API and explain how it works. Explore integration methods, queries, their parameters, and response codes.

2024-09-25

4 min read

10 Best Datacenter Proxy Providers for Data Scraping

10 Best Datacenter Proxy Providers for Data Scraping

An overview of some of the best datacenter proxy providers, covering the main criteria relevant to all users, to help understand market positionings when choosing a proxy solution.

2024-09-13

6 min read

Block-Free Web Scraping: A Comprehensive Guide

Block-Free Web Scraping: A Comprehensive Guide

The basics of avoiding blocks when web scraping: things to know before starting, actions to implement when scraping, and the complexities of anti-bot detection.

2024-08-30

1 min read

Datacenter Proxies Quick Start Guide

Keen to find out all things about Oxylabs Datacenter Proxies? You’ve come to the right place. This quick start guide will provide all the information you need to get up and running. Let’s get started!

2024-07-31

4 min read

How to Download Files With cURL

How to Download Files With cURL

Learn how to download files with cURL, including using essential parameters, handling redirects, and managing the process.

2024-05-30

4 min read