Ever found yourself staring at a website, desperately wanting to extract all that data, but wondering whether you should build a scraper or get an API? The web scraping vs API debate is one of the most common questions in data extraction. Honestly, it’s a fair question that deserves a proper answer. Both approaches have their place in the modern data landscape, but understanding the difference between web scraping and API methods can save you time, money, and countless headaches. In this ar...