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# [Web Scraping Using Node.js and Cheerio for Dummies .](https://mukpeh.hashnode.dev/web-scraping-using-nodejs-and-cheerio-for-dummies?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Introduction I woke up feeling the need to get large chunks of data to populate my database for a movie REST API I was building. I started copying and pasting the data manually and I guess it was a nice experience doing that besides I had all the tim...

Feb 27, 2023 · 11 min read · mukpeh.hashnode.dev  
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[Natachi Nnamaka](https://hashnode.com/@natachigram)

[Feb 27, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/web-scraping-using-nodejs-and-cheerio-for-dummies/63fc67d0df30b62520b80232/comment/63fca9ee42967b0d40d3964c)

Awesome insight shared 👏🏾