Bot Detection Went Behavioral. Most Scrapers Didn't.
Bot detection shifted from IP blocking to TLS fingerprints, browser signals, and behavioral analysis. Most scraping setups are fighting the wrong battle.
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FourA Digest — Apr 8 to Apr 10, 2026
We redesigned foura.ai and rolled the new design system across every FourA property. Plus: monitoring overhaul, multi-currency pricing, and Cmd+K search.
Redirect Control and Raw Buffer Mode
FourA's API now supports configurable redirect limits and raw binary responses. Two options that change how you handle real-world scraping edge cases.
FourA Digest — Mar 31 to Apr 8, 2026
Docs site launched, Google sign-up went live, and the health dashboard now shows 30-day uptime history. Plus: privacy-friendly analytics across every property.
Web Scraping Tarpits: Who Actually Gets Caught
Websites are deploying tarpits that trap AI crawlers and feed them garbage data. But these traps don't distinguish between GPTBot and your price tracker.
Travel Fare Monitoring: Real-Time Pricing Data at Scale
Airlines change their prices hundreds of times per day per route. Here's how travel companies collect real-time fare data at scale without getting blocked.
The FourA Documentation Site Is Live
Full API reference, guides, how-to tutorials, and troubleshooting are now live at foura.ai/docs. Everything developers need to get started with FourA.
March 2026: What We Shipped
Docs site, blog, analytics dashboard, status page, and smart proxy routing all shipped in March. Here's the complete rundown of what went out the door.
This Week at FourA: March 24-30, 2026
Smart proxy routing, dashboard analytics, doc improvements, and bug fixes shipped last week. Here's everything that went live at FourA, March 24 to 30.
Building a Real-Time Price Tracker With FourA
Competitor prices shift hourly. Here's how to build an automated price tracker across hundreds of product pages with a single API call and basic Python.