How to Scrape Data Behind Login Pages Using Python

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Setting Up Your Coding Environment

Before building the application, you’ll need to set up a basic Python environment. Follow these steps to get started:

1. Install Python 3 on your system.
2. Install the required dependencies by running:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Obtaining API Credentials

1. Sign up for a Crawlbase account and log in.
2. Upon registration, you’ll receive 5,000 free requests to get started.
3. Navigate to your Account Docs and copy your Crawling API token (JavaScript requests token).

Running the Example Scripts

Before running the examples, ensure that you replace all instances of the following placeholders:

1. <Javascript requests token> - Replace this with your Crawling API requests token.
2. <cookies-goes-here> - Replace with actual browser cookie

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