Python Gift Card Balance Scraper
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
I need a concise Python tool that, after I type in a number, reaches out to mygift.giftcardmall.com, fetches the current balance, and prints (or returns) the amount in a clean JSON or plaintext format. The hurdle is DataDome: the request must look like it comes from a real browser, survive the cookie / token dance, and continue working even when the site rotates user-agent fingerprints or starts rate-limiting by IP. In practice that means the script should automatically:
• open each session with a believable, ever-changing user-agent string
• recycle or tunnel the connection through proxies when an IP is flagged
• preserve and replay the anti-bot tokens issued by DataDome so the check actually succeeds
All inputs will be manual
I’m happy for you to lean on whatever stack you think best—requests + custom header work, Playwright, undetected-chromedriver, or something else entirely
Deliverables:
1. The working .py script
2. A short README explaining setup, any proxy requirements, and how to launch the check.
3. Proof it works: a brief demo clip or log showing at least three successful balance look-ups in a row without getting blocked.
If you have experience dodging DataDome or similar bot protections, this will be straightforward; let me know what approach you’d take and an estimated turnaround time.
• open each session with a believable, ever-changing user-agent string
• recycle or tunnel the connection through proxies when an IP is flagged
• preserve and replay the anti-bot tokens issued by DataDome so the check actually succeeds
All inputs will be manual
I’m happy for you to lean on whatever stack you think best—requests + custom header work, Playwright, undetected-chromedriver, or something else entirely
Deliverables:
1. The working .py script
2. A short README explaining setup, any proxy requirements, and how to launch the check.
3. Proof it works: a brief demo clip or log showing at least three successful balance look-ups in a row without getting blocked.
If you have experience dodging DataDome or similar bot protections, this will be straightforward; let me know what approach you’d take and an estimated turnaround time.
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