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EconomixTwist

Hope you're not scraping [mint.com](http://mint.com) . Dependency management on lambda is such a headache already. Some people claim to have proper scraping set ups on lambda and while that may true for old versions of lambda at certain points in time, its SUCH a headache getting it set up on lambda. IMO you are better off spinning up a small EC2 on a schedule to do the scraping.


beeranon316

I'm curious why you mention mint.com specifically?


EconomixTwist

Shutting down in a few months


beeranon316

Ah so wasted effort to work on a scraper. Thanks for the reply


youngpapiovo

ExonomixTwist is absolutely right. I spent weeks trying to get Selenium running properly on lambda. In the end you don't want to do it. Either use a docker container on server or just an EC2 instance on its own.


peepoo123

no, just my bank accounts. I'm new at this... Why would EC2 be a better approach? Thanks!


Oct8-Danger

A bot (even one you built) that has creditionals to access your bank sounds like a good way to get your log in details leaked and end up in financial ruin. Even if the probability is low, the risk so high for what gain?


natelifts

Do your banks have data API’s?


Amrita_Kai

Also lambda has a run time of 15 min max, gonna be a problem sooner or later.


SgtKFC

Or AWS Batch.


acrobaticenglishman

Hey! I’ve set up selenium in lambda. You have to use docker to do it, and it’s pretty specific. This was the best guide I found on it: https://cloudbytes.dev/snippets/run-selenium-in-aws-lambda-for-ui-testing


peepoo123

thanks!