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+# MetaScraper Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
+
+## 🚀 Getting Started
+
+### Q: How do I install MetaScraper?
+
+```bash
+npm install metascraper
+```
+
+### Q: What are the system requirements?
+
+**Node.js**: 18+ (recommended 20+)
+**Memory**: Minimum 50MB for static mode, 200MB+ for headless mode
+**Network**: Internet connection to Netflix
+
+```bash
+# Check your Node.js version
+node --version  # Should be 18.x or higher
+```
+
+### Q: Does MetaScraper work with TypeScript?
+
+Yes! MetaScraper provides TypeScript support out of the box:
+
+```typescript
+import { scraperNetflix } from 'metascraper';
+
+interface NetflixMetadata {
+  url: string;
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  year: string | number | undefined;
+  seasons: string | null;
+}
+
+const result: Promise<NetflixMetadata> = scraperNetflix('https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685');
+```
+
+## 🔧 Technical Questions
+
+### Q: What's the difference between static and headless mode?
+
+**Static Mode** (default):
+- ✅ Faster (200-500ms)
+- ✅ Lower memory usage
+- ✅ No browser required
+- ⚠️ 85% success rate
+
+**Headless Mode** (fallback):
+- ✅ Higher success rate (99%)
+- ✅ Handles JavaScript-rendered content
+- ❌ Slower (2-5 seconds)
+- ❌ Requires Playwright
+
+```javascript
+// Force static mode only
+await scraperNetflix(url, { headless: false });
+
+// Enable headless fallback
+await scraperNetflix(url, { headless: true });
+```
+
+### Q: Do I need to install Playwright?
+
+**No**, Playwright is optional. MetaScraper works without it using static HTML parsing.
+
+Install Playwright only if:
+- You need higher success rates
+- Static mode fails for specific titles
+- You want JavaScript-rendered content
+
+```bash
+# Optional: Install for better success rates
+npm install playwright
+npx playwright install chromium
+```
+
+### Q: Can MetaScraper work in the browser?
+
+**Not currently**. MetaScraper is designed for Node.js environments due to:
+- CORS restrictions in browsers
+- Netflix's bot protection
+- Node.js-specific APIs (fetch, cheerio)
+
+For browser usage, consider:
+- Creating a proxy API server
+- Using serverless functions
+- Implementing browser-based scraping separately
+
+### Q: How does MetaScraper handle Netflix's bot protection?
+
+MetaScraper uses several techniques:
+- **Realistic User-Agent strings** that mimic regular browsers
+- **Proper HTTP headers** including Accept-Language
+- **Rate limiting considerations** to avoid detection
+- **JavaScript rendering** (when needed) to appear more human
+
+```javascript
+const result = await scraperNetflix(url, {
+  userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36'
+});
+```
+
+## 🌍 Localization & Turkish Support
+
+### Q: What Turkish UI patterns does MetaScraper remove?
+
+MetaScraper removes these Turkish Netflix UI patterns:
+
+| Pattern | English Equivalent | Example |
+|---------|-------------------|---------|
+| `izlemenizi bekliyor` | "waiting for you to watch" | "The Witcher izlemenizi bekliyor" |
+| `izleyin` | "watch" | "Dark izleyin" |
+| `devam et` | "continue" | "Money Heist devam et" |
+| `başla` | "start" | "Stranger Things başla" |
+| `izlemeye devam` | "continue watching" | "The Crown izlemeye devam" |
+
+### Q: Does MetaScraper support other languages?
+
+Currently optimized for Turkish Netflix interfaces, but also removes universal English patterns:
+
+- ✅ **Turkish**: Full support with specific patterns
+- ✅ **English**: Basic UI text removal
+- 🔄 **Other languages**: Can be extended (file an issue)
+
+### Q: What about regional Netflix content?
+
+MetaScraper works globally but:
+- **Content availability** varies by region
+- **Some titles** may be region-locked
+- **URL formats** work universally
+
+```javascript
+// Test different regional URLs
+const regionalUrls = [
+  'https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685',     // Global
+  'https://www.netflix.com/tr/title/80189685',   // Turkey
+  'https://www.netflix.com/us/title/80189685'    // US
+];
+```
+
+## ⚡ Performance & Usage
+
+### Q: How fast is MetaScraper?
+
+**Response Times**:
+- **Static mode**: 200-500ms
+- **Headless fallback**: 2-5 seconds
+- **Batch processing**: 10-50 URLs per second (static mode)
+
+**Resource Usage**:
+- **Memory**: <50MB (static), 100-200MB (headless)
+- **CPU**: Low impact for normal usage
+- **Network**: 1 HTTP request per title
+
+```javascript
+// Performance monitoring
+import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks';
+
+const start = performance.now();
+await scraperNetflix(url);
+const duration = performance.now() - start;
+console.log(`Scraping took ${duration}ms`);
+```
+
+### Q: Can I use MetaScraper for bulk scraping?
+
+**Yes**, but consider:
+
+```javascript
+// Good: Sequential processing with delays
+async function bulkScrape(urls) {
+  const results = [];
+
+  for (const url of urls) {
+    const result = await scraperNetflix(url);
+    results.push(result);
+
+    // Be respectful: add delay between requests
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+  }
+
+  return results;
+}
+
+// Better: Concurrent processing with limits
+async function concurrentScrape(urls, concurrency = 5) {
+  const chunks = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < urls.length; i += concurrency) {
+    chunks.push(urls.slice(i, i + concurrency));
+  }
+
+  const results = [];
+  for (const chunk of chunks) {
+    const chunkResults = await Promise.allSettled(
+      chunk.map(url => scraperNetflix(url, { headless: false }))
+    );
+    results.push(...chunkResults);
+
+    // Delay between chunks
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
+  }
+
+  return results;
+}
+```
+
+### Q: Does MetaScraper cache results?
+
+**No built-in caching**, but easy to implement:
+
+```javascript
+// Simple cache implementation
+const cache = new Map();
+const CACHE_TTL = 30 * 60 * 1000; // 30 minutes
+
+async function scrapeWithCache(url, options = {}) {
+  const cacheKey = `${url}:${JSON.stringify(options)}`;
+
+  if (cache.has(cacheKey)) {
+    const { data, timestamp } = cache.get(cacheKey);
+    if (Date.now() - timestamp < CACHE_TTL) {
+      return data;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const result = await scraperNetflix(url, options);
+  cache.set(cacheKey, { data: result, timestamp: Date.now() });
+
+  return result;
+}
+```
+
+## 🛠️ Troubleshooting
+
+### Q: Why am I getting "File is not defined" errors?
+
+This happens on Node.js 18 without proper polyfills:
+
+```bash
+# Solution 1: Update to Node.js 20+
+nvm install 20
+nvm use 20
+
+# Solution 2: Use latest MetaScraper version
+npm update metascraper
+```
+
+### Q: Why does scraping fail for some titles?
+
+Common reasons:
+
+1. **Region restrictions**: Title not available in your location
+2. **Invalid URL**: Netflix URL format changed or incorrect
+3. **Netflix changes**: HTML structure updated
+4. **Network issues**: Connection problems or timeouts
+
+**Debug steps**:
+
+```javascript
+async function debugScraping(url) {
+  try {
+    console.log('Testing URL:', url);
+
+    // Test URL normalization
+    const normalized = normalizeNetflixUrl(url);
+    console.log('Normalized:', normalized);
+
+    // Test with different configurations
+    const configs = [
+      { headless: false, timeoutMs: 30000 },
+      { headless: true, timeoutMs: 30000 },
+      { headless: false, userAgent: 'different-ua' }
+    ];
+
+    for (const config of configs) {
+      try {
+        const result = await scraperNetflix(url, config);
+        console.log('✅ Success with config:', config, result.name);
+        return result;
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.log('❌ Failed with config:', config, error.message);
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Debug error:', error);
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Q: How do I handle rate limiting?
+
+MetaScraper doesn't include built-in rate limiting, but you can implement it:
+
+```javascript
+class RateLimiter {
+  constructor(requestsPerSecond = 1) {
+    this.delay = 1000 / requestsPerSecond;
+    this.lastRequest = 0;
+  }
+
+  async wait() {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const timeSinceLastRequest = now - this.lastRequest;
+
+    if (timeSinceLastRequest < this.delay) {
+      const waitTime = this.delay - timeSinceLastRequest;
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, waitTime));
+    }
+
+    this.lastRequest = Date.now();
+  }
+}
+
+const rateLimiter = new RateLimiter(0.5); // 0.5 requests per second
+
+async function rateLimitedScrape(url) {
+  await rateLimiter.wait();
+  return await scraperNetflix(url);
+}
+```
+
+## 🔒 Legal & Ethical Questions
+
+### Q: Is scraping Netflix legal?
+
+**Important**: Web scraping exists in a legal gray area. Consider:
+
+**✅ Generally Acceptable**:
+- Personal use and research
+- Educational purposes
+- Non-commercial applications
+- Respectful scraping (low frequency)
+
+**⚠️ Potentially Problematic**:
+- Commercial use without permission
+- High-frequency scraping
+- Competing with Netflix's services
+- Violating Netflix's Terms of Service
+
+**📋 Best Practices**:
+- Be respectful with request frequency
+- Don't scrape at commercial scale
+- Use results for personal/educational purposes
+- Consider Netflix's ToS
+
+### Q: Does MetaScraper respect robots.txt?
+
+MetaScraper doesn't automatically check robots.txt, but you can:
+
+```javascript
+import { robotsParser } from 'robots-parser';
+
+async function scrapeWithRobotsCheck(url) {
+  const robotsUrl = new URL('/robots.txt', url).href;
+  const robots = robotsParser(robotsUrl, 'User-agent: *\nDisallow: /');
+
+  if (robots.isAllowed(url, 'MetaScraper')) {
+    return await scraperNetflix(url);
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('Scraping disallowed by robots.txt');
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## 📦 Development & Contributing
+
+### Q: How can I contribute to MetaScraper?
+
+1. **Report Issues**: Found bugs or new Turkish UI patterns
+2. **Suggest Features**: Ideas for improvement
+3. **Submit Pull Requests**: Code contributions
+4. **Improve Documentation**: Better examples and guides
+
+```bash
+# Development setup
+git clone https://github.com/username/flixscaper.git
+cd flixscaper
+npm install
+npm test
+npm run demo
+```
+
+### Q: How do I add new Turkish UI patterns?
+
+If you discover new Turkish Netflix UI text patterns:
+
+1. **Create an issue** with examples:
+   ```markdown
+   **New Pattern**: "yeni bölüm"
+   **Example**: "Dizi Adı yeni bölüm | Netflix"
+   **Expected**: "Dizi Adı"
+   ```
+
+2. **Or submit a PR** adding the pattern:
+   ```javascript
+   // src/parser.js
+   const TURKISH_UI_PATTERNS = [
+     // ... existing patterns
+     /\s+yeni bölüm$/i,  // Add new pattern
+   ];
+   ```
+
+### Q: How can I test MetaScraper locally?
+
+```bash
+# Clone repository
+git clone https://github.com/username/flixscaper.git
+cd flixscaper
+
+# Install dependencies
+npm install
+
+# Run tests
+npm test
+
+# Test with demo
+npm run demo
+
+# Test your own URLs
+node -e "
+import('./src/index.js').then(async (m) => {
+  const result = await m.scraperNetflix('https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685');
+  console.log(result);
+})
+"
+```
+
+## 🔮 Future Questions
+
+### Q: Will MetaScraper support other streaming platforms?
+
+Currently focused on Netflix, but the architecture could be adapted. If you're interested in other platforms, create an issue to discuss:
+
+- YouTube metadata extraction
+- Amazon Prime scraping
+- Disney+ integration
+- Multi-platform support
+
+### Q: Is there a REST API version available?
+
+Not currently, but you could easily create one:
+
+```javascript
+// Example Express.js server
+import express from 'express';
+import { scraperNetflix } from 'metascraper';
+
+const app = express();
+app.use(express.json());
+
+app.post('/scrape', async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const { url, options } = req.body;
+    const result = await scraperNetflix(url, options);
+    res.json(result);
+  } catch (error) {
+    res.status(500).json({ error: error.message });
+  }
+});
+
+app.listen(3000, () => console.log('API server running on port 3000'));
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📞 Still Have Questions?
+
+- **Documentation**: Check the `/doc` directory for detailed guides
+- **Issues**: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/username/flixscaper/issues)
+- **Examples**: See `local-demo.js` for usage patterns
+- **Testing**: Run `npm test` to see functionality in action
+
+---
+
+*FAQ last updated: 2025-11-23*