All Technologies Used
Motivation
The goal was to create a system that could automatically scrape information about potential clients from websites like Yelp, TripAdvisor, Facebook, and Airbnb. The solution needed to bypass privacy protections and provide a reliable way to aggregate this information into actionable customer profiles.
Main Challenges
The main challenge was the restrictions imposed by websites like Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Facebook, which had strict privacy policies. To avoid detection and bans, the team researched how these sites track user behavior and developed algorithms to bypass these restrictions.
Modern websites heavily rely on JavaScript frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue, which posed a challenge for traditional web scrapers. To address this, the team used Golang and WebLoop to implement JavaScript rendering. However, the resource-intensive nature of this task required a dedicated server with multiple cores and threads.
The collected data often lacked the required precision, especially when dealing with common names. To address this, the team worked on intelligent data matching algorithms and manual verification, ensuring that the correct customer profile was built despite the complexity of the data.
Key Features
- Web Scraping: The platform scrapes data from various websites like Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Facebook, collecting customer information in real-time.
- Data Matching Algorithm: The solution includes an algorithm that matches customer data across different websites, helping real estate agents build detailed profiles.
- Interactive Dashboard: An interactive dashboard displays all the collected and matched data in a clear, accessible format for the real estate agents to analyze.
- Privacy Protection Bypass: The platform uses advanced algorithms and proxies to avoid detection from websites with strict privacy policies.
Our Approach
Project Impact
The prototype was successfully developed within three weeks and received positive feedback from the customer. The platform provides real estate agents with a powerful tool to better understand their clients, while adhering to strict data privacy laws. The solution enabled the customer to aggregate valuable information from multiple sources, ultimately improving their ability to make informed decisions.