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How do projects like this web scrape without Node.js?

Hello, the only way to webscrape from a website which you are not currently on is through Puppeteer and Node,js. I have seen many Coronavirus tracking projects like this one: https://code.sololearn.com/W4pNnBG0JV1S/#html that somehow manage to scrape information from another website using only conventional JavaScript/jQuery methods. Can someone PLEASE explain to me how this works, or even just the name of it so I can look it up myself? Thank you in advance.

19th Jun 2020, 9:38 AM
NomadTP
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I can see in the JS code they use AJAX to asynchronously get data from a remote source. AJAX is the most basic building block of modern Web. It allows web pages to obtain data without having to refresh (that is, reissue a HTTP request). In jQuery, a general AJAX call is written as $.ajax. Reference to get started: https://www.w3schools.com/xml/ajax_intro.asp
19th Jun 2020, 9:44 AM
Felipe BF
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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkqwj9vc20pX36wThr2A6DZx4MVcJvnhe
19th Jun 2020, 12:39 PM
Gordon
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