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Web Scrape: Worked before but now timing out...
Hi, jmillsjmills
I think this may not be your problem. Some websites will set up some measures to prevent webpages from crawling. I also tried the above URL, which also prompts a timeout error, but when I try other websites, it works normally. This may require some crawler knowledge for the website to recognize Power BI as a browser and return data.
For references:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Website-scraping-advice/m-p/762012
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Web-scraping-with-Power-Bi/m-p/927014
Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng
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- jmillsjmills5 years ago
Helper III
Hi v-angzheng-msft - thanks very much for your reply! I had a feeling it be something along these lines and that they are just set up to resist web scraping. Thank you for clarifying