Web scraping tutorials and philosophy
Want to learn scraping with real-world examples? Need clean content to test a parser, accessibility tool, or prototype? This site was built to help.
StorePhotos.ca encourages scraping for learning and accessibility research. These guides show you how to access the site safely, use Python or Node to extract data, and understand the broader implications of scraping the modern web.
Articles in this series:
Learn how to scrape StorePhotos.ca using Python or Node, explore practical web scraping tutorials, and understand the philosophy behind our open approach to data and structure.
A non-technical guide to ethical site reconnaissance — including how to check for `robots.txt`, review sitemaps, and identify clear signals of scraping friendliness (or restrictions).
A scraper-friendly guide to robots.txt — including how to parse it, how to interpret allow/disallow logic, and what common mistakes to avoid.
Why StorePhotos.ca is scraping-friendly by design — and how that ties into broader ideas about education, access, and building useful things.