# Web-data engineering guides

Practical RunHarvester guides for acquisition modes, extraction validation, asynchronous jobs, and safe retries.

Canonical: https://runharvester.com/guides

By: [RunHarvester](https://runharvester.com/about-us)

Updated: 2026-10-03

## Build one reliable collection path

Start with a representative page and a clear output contract. These guides explain the decisions between submission and a usable result, including what to do when a target changes.

- [HTTP vs browser scraping: choose by the data you need](https://runharvester.com/guides/http-vs-browser-scraping)
- [How to validate structured web extraction](https://runharvester.com/guides/structured-extraction)
- [Asynchronous scraping: polling, retries, and idempotency](https://runharvester.com/guides/async-scraping-retries)

## Continue reading

- [API reference and examples](https://runharvester.com/api)

- [Product FAQ](https://runharvester.com/faq)

[Source: RunHarvester documentation](https://docs.runharvester.com/guides)