How to bypass cloudflare when scraping a website?
- Thread starter agshin
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I do not use proxy as of now, I think rotating residential proxy would help me but I’m not sure. Cloudflare has gotten too smart
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Using a proxy would be required if you're sending multiple requests.
As far as I understand I need rotate proxy per request
How can I achieve it?
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Yes, it's correct. There are a million of providers on the forum. A lot of people sell proxies.
vierasen
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For per-request rotation, just pass a new proxy from your pool on each iteration in the requests call — most residential providers let you use a random session ID in the auth string so every request exits through a different IP. For the Cloudflare part specifically, FlareSolverr handles JS challenges automatically and works fine for moderate volume; if you need heavier throughput, Playwright with the stealth plugin is cleaner since it runs actual browser-level JS execution.
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Cloudflare isn’t just checking your IP, it’s evaluating the whole session.
Things like request patterns, refresh rate, session duration, IP reputation, and browser fingerprint all play a role. Passing once doesn’t mean you’re clear for the next requests.
When testing, keep it simple:
– use a fresh browser/session each time
– avoid rapid refreshes or repeated hits
– allow cookies fully
– don’t run too many parallel requests or tabs
If your traffic looks automated, proxies alone won’t solve it. You need to make the session itself look normal.
Things like request patterns, refresh rate, session duration, IP reputation, and browser fingerprint all play a role. Passing once doesn’t mean you’re clear for the next requests.
When testing, keep it simple:
– use a fresh browser/session each time
– avoid rapid refreshes or repeated hits
– allow cookies fully
– don’t run too many parallel requests or tabs
If your traffic looks automated, proxies alone won’t solve it. You need to make the session itself look normal.
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Stay under 100 server and keep it private or only for few friends.
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Respect robots.txt and site policies.
vierasen
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Skip Selenium for this, it's been fingerprinted to death. Use curl-cffi or tls-client in Python — they spoof the TLS handshake to match real Chrome, which is what CF's bot challenge actually checks. Pair with residential proxies (IPRoyal or BrightData sticky for 10min sessions) and you'll get through most CF setups without any browser at all. If the endpoint has the full JS challenge, FlareSolverr in front handles it.
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depends which cloudflare you're hitting — people lump three different things together. (1) the JS "checking your browser" interstitial = fingerprint, fix it with a real browser engine (undetected-chromedriver, nodriver, or curl_cffi if you're staying on requests) so your tls/ja3 + headers look like real chrome. (2) the turnstile widget = a token you solve and inject, separate problem. (3) a flat 403/1020 = ip/asn reputation, needs better proxies. most people throw proxies at a fingerprint problem and wonder why nothing changes. look at the actual response — challenge page vs 403 vs turnstile html — and figure out which of the three you've got before picking a fix, they don't overlap.
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Guys who don't have an idea of scraping or have never done it should abstain from commenting.
Cloudflare is easy to bypass, check this video -> https://www.youtube [.] com/watch?v=PnFD_gSmGUc
That guy created a stealthy playwright, the library is called "SeleniumBase". So check it out!
Cloudflare is easy to bypass, check this video -> https://www.youtube [.] com/watch?v=PnFD_gSmGUc
That guy created a stealthy playwright, the library is called "SeleniumBase". So check it out!
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Cloudflare’s main defenses are JS challenges and browser fingerprinting. Playwright or Puppeteer with stealth plugins handles the JS challenge side by running a real browser environment. rotating residential proxies is advised as well to keep things running stable.
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One distinction that saves a lot of wasted effort: are you hitting the managed challenge (full-page "Just a moment…") or an actual Turnstile widget? Different fixes. FlareSolverr / undetected-chromedriver / nodriver work on the managed challenge — they render the JS and pass the fingerprint check to earn the cf_clearance cookie, which you then reuse. They don't "solve" a Turnstile token. If it's a normal 200 page with an embedded Turnstile widget, that's a token you generate, not a cookie you earn. Check the response first (cf-mitigated header / challenge HTML vs a normal page with a widget) and pick the matching tool — most "it suddenly stopped working" cases are people using the cookie approach on a token problem, or vice-versa.
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One distinction that saves a lot of wasted effort: are you hitting the managed challenge (full-page “Just a moment…”) or an actual Turnstile widget? Different fixes. FlareSolverr / undetected-chromedriver / nodriver work on the managed challenge — they render the JS and pass the fingerprint check to earn the cf_clearance cookie, which you then reuse. They don't “solve” a Turnstile token. If it's a normal 200 page with an embedded Turnstile widget, that's a token you generate, not a cookie you earn. Check the response first (cf-mitigated header / challenge HTML vs a normal page with a widget) and pick the matching tool — most “it suddenly stopped working” cases are people using the cookie approach on a token problem, or vice-versa.