Tadas Gedgaudas

Developer @ Oxylabs

From the very beginning of his software development career, Tadas focused on web data extraction. In fact, his very first project was a web scraper. As a web scraping engineer, Tadas is product-minded and, one could say, obsessed with making software as performant as possible. He practices productivity tracking and even dedicates his pastime to crafting an open-source ML-powered data parsing library.

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Imitating Real User Behavior With Mouse Movements

Whenever you visit a website, the owner can track your clicks, keystrokes, and mouse movements. This significantly complicates web scraping as the target can easily understand if the visitor is a bot or a real user. In this session, delve into the sophisticated world of mouse movement algorithms and their application in web scraping. Learn how to mimic human-like mouse movements to avoid detection and enhance your scraping techniques.

During the presentation, Tadas will explore:

Different mouse movement algorithms;
How to find if a website tracks mouse movements;
Mouse movement algorithms examples with live demo + open source code.

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