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October 18th | 9:30 am CST | Online & Free

Extract Summit 2024 Coding Competition

Put your skills to the test! Extract all the critical data from an exceptionally challenging website, and if you're the fastest, you’ll take home bragging rights and some amazing prizes!

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Think you can scrape the hardest website?
Prove it and win amazing prizes!

Whats new?

This year, we’ve raised the stakes, making our challenge more demanding than ever before. The increased difficulty means you’ll likely need to leverage 3rd party unblocker or web scraping APIs to successfully complete the task. But don’t let that intimidate you – you’re free to use any tools and techniques at your disposal.

2 ways to Get Started

  1. To kick things off, we’ll provide you with starter code that utilizes the Zyte API. All you need to do is sign up for a Zyte API account to access this code, giving you a solid foundation to build upon.

  2. Use any 3rd party tools you like, be creative.

Showcase Your Skills

This advanced challenge is the perfect opportunity to showcase your problem-solving skills and creativity in overcoming complex web scraping obstacles. We’re excited to see how you tackle it!

Compete for Glory and Prizes

Put your skills to the test, and you could win bragging rights and exciting prizes.


Good luck, and may the best scraper win!

How to participate

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Scrapy Cloud Account

Register for a Scrapy Cloud account if you do not already have one. There is a forever free plan.
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Join Extract Data Discord

Join the Extract Data Discord. The target website’s URL will be revealed through Discord.
JOIN Extract Data Discord
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Register for the contest

Fill up the form below with correct information to ensure that you are enrolled for the contest.
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Prizes for the Top 3 Winners!

Compete for the top spot in our coding competition and win big! We’re giving away incredible prizes to the first three winners. Think you’ve got what it takes? Here’s what’s up for grabs:

#1 First Place

Apple Studio Display (Worth $1,599)

27-inch 5K Retina display. 12MP Ultra Wide camera with Center Stage. Studio-quality mics. Six-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio.
Take home the ultimate display for your coding and creative projects. The Apple Display delivers stunning visuals with superior color accuracy and is perfect for pros who want to elevate their work.
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#2 Second Place

AirPods Max (Worth $549)

The ultimate over-ear listening experience.
Experience top-notch audio quality with Apple’s premium wireless headphones. The AirPods Max offer active noise cancellation, spatial audio, and a custom fit that makes them ideal for both work and play.
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#3 Third Place

Minilo Keyboard (Worth $150)

The Worlds QUIETEST Keyboard
Boost your productivity with the Minilo Keyboard, known for its compact design and smooth typing experience. Whether you’re coding or typing out ideas, this keyboard will make every keystroke count.
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Contest Outline

The contest is free to join and open to everyone.
Make sure that you’ve registered your Scrapy Cloud account and have Extract Data Discord access. You’ll need to submit your registration form as well. Once these are in place, you’re ready to take part in the contest when it launches on 18th October.

Here’s how the contest will go:

  • The URL of the target website will be revealed on Discord. There will be a specification of the item fields that need to be extracted.

  • You must write a spider that extracts all items with the specified fields and run it in Scrapy Cloud.

  • Once the Scrapy Cloud job finishes, you must submit the job ID to a bot in the Extract Data Discord server.

  • The bot will let you know if you have managed to extract all items with complete data.

  • If you failed, update your code and try again with a new Scrapy Cloud job. The bot accepts unlimited job submissions for the duration of the contest.

  • To win, be the first to submit a job that successfully extracts all expected data.

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