The results are in!
After reviewing an incredible range of submissions - from academic search engines to YouTube browser extensions to AI-powered content aggregators - we're thrilled to announce our winners for the Bright Data Web Scraping Challenge.
The creativity and technical excellence displayed across all entries made judging a challenging but exciting process. While we wish we could recognize every submission, today we're highlighting the three winners that stood out the most.
Read on to see who they are!
Congratulations Toβ¦
Prompt Winners
Scrape Data from Complex, Interactive Websites
@sarahokolo built a super practical price comparison tool that works across Amazon, eBay, and AliExpress. Cheaperr helps everyday shoppers find the best deals and is a perfect example of using web scraping to solve a real consumer need!
Build a Web Scraper API to Solve Business Problems
@yukatyβs takes news monitoring to the next level by combining Reuters coverage with smart AI analysis. Tech Trend Tracker goes beyond basic data collection by monitoring industry movements through keyword rankings and semantic article search.
Most Creative Use of Web Data for AI Models
@dhanushreddy29 solves the "too much Reddit, too little time" problem by building Reddit Recap. Reddit Recap combines web scraping with AI to transform endless Reddit discussions into digestible summaries and audio briefings.
Simple, useful, and clever!
Prizes
Our three winners will receive the following prizes:
Prompt Winners
- $1,000 USD
- 6-month DEV++ Membership
- Exclusive DEV Badge
- A gift from the DEV Shop
All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.
Our Sponsor
We want to give a big shout out to Bright Data for organizing this challenge with us. Their platform makes it truly easy to collect, organize, and scale data extraction projects. We are grateful they decided to partner with us. Noah and team were wonderful to work with!
Whatβs next?
More challenges! More challenges! Check out our challenge page to see whatβs launching next, and follow the challenge tag so you donβt miss any announcements:
#devchallenge
Thank you to everyone who participated! We hope you had fun, felt challenged, and maybe added a thing or two to your professional profile. See you next time!
Top comments (12)
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Congratulations to the winners!
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