Web Scraping with AutoHotKey: Troubleshooting Web Scraping

When building my first scraping scripts I used to waste a ton of time trying to figure out what was broken. Adding some structure to your diagnoses process can greatly speed-up detecting what has gone wrong. A copy of the AutoHotKey syntax writer can be found here.

I think some excellent advice, not exclusive to troubleshooting web scraping, is to have a bobble-doll or something to talk to. Pretend you’re explaining your issue to a friend and often, when you hear yourself say the words, your issue will appear to you.

This video offers some general troubleshooting tips around troubleshooting web scraping when using AutoHotKey.