Mastering web scraping can be incredibly valuable.

After all, web scraping will give you instant access to valuable datasets such as competitor product details, stock prices, market data, you name it!

However, web scraping might seem intimidating for some people. Specially if you’ve never done any coding in your life.

However, they are way simpler ways to automate your data gathering process without having to write a single line of code.

What is Web Scraping?

As you may already know, web scraping refers to the extraction of data from a website.

While this can be done manually, most people will use a software tool to run their web scraping jobs. Unfortunately, many of these web scraping tools will still require custom coding from the user.

Interested in learning more about web scraping? Read our in-depth guide on web scraping.

How to Scrape Data without Coding Skills

Luckily, there are many web scraping tools that are made with ease-of-use in mind.

So many in fact, that we have written a guide on what features make the best web scraping tool for your specific use case.

We obviously recommend ParseHub, a free and easy-to-use web scraper with the following features:

  • User-friendly UI: ParseHub boasts a super friendly user interface. Load the website you’re looking to scrape data from and simply click on the data you’re looking to scrape.
  • Works with any website: ParseHub works with any website, including modern dynamic sites that some web scrapers cannot scrape.
  • Cloud-Based scraping: ParseHub only runs on your computer to build your scrape jobs, the actual scraping occurs on the cloud. That means that ParseHub does not eat up at your device’s resources while running large scrape jobs.
  • Excel and JSON exports: Export your data as a CSV or JSON file, or take a step further and connect your scrape jobs to a Google Sheets document.

Want to see it in action? Here’s our video guide on how to use ParseHub to scrape any website on to an excel spreadsheet:

What can Web Scraping be used for?

Now that you have tested out ParseHub and know how to scrape any website on to an excel spreadsheet, you might be wondering what you could use ParseHub for.

Luckily, we have written an in-depth guide on how companies use web scraping to boost their business operations.

If you’re not yet ready to tackle a complex project, try these simple project ideas to get started with web scraping.