What is LLM-based web scraping?

Plain English prompts to models like GPT-4o-mini or Claude pull structured data from any HTML, ignoring layout changes.

Does GPT-4o-mini replace BeautifulSoup?

Not fully—use for fuzzy extraction on changing sites; Soup for speed and precision where possible.

Around $1-5 depending on context size; cheaper with GPT-4o-mini at ~$0.20.

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