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Mastering Web Scraping Using Python From Beginner To Advanced

Mastering Web Scraping Using Python: From Beginner to Advanced

Master web scraping with Python, HTML, Requests, Beautiful Soup, and Scrapy. Learn skills like pagination and gain hands-on experience in data-driven careers.

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35 Lessons

4h

Certificate of Completion

Master web scraping with Python, HTML, Requests, Beautiful Soup, and Scrapy. Learn skills like pagination and gain hands-on experience in data-driven careers.

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This course includes

1 Project
1 Assessment
36 Playgrounds
6 Challenges
7 Quizzes

This course includes

1 Project
1 Assessment
36 Playgrounds
6 Challenges
7 Quizzes
Course Overview
What You'll Learn
Course Content

Course Overview

You’ll begin this course by exploring fundamental web concepts and HTML structures. You’ll then use the Requests and Beautiful Soup libraries to extract data from static web pages. Later, you’ll utilize Selenium to interact with JavaScript-driven websites and capture dynamically loaded content. Next, you’ll use CSS Selectors and XPath to pinpoint specific elements on web pages, ensuring precise and targeted data extraction. With this solid foundation, you’ll look into Scrapy, a robust web crawling and scrap...Show More

What You'll Learn

Hands-on experience with CSS Selectors and XPath for precise data extraction

A comprehensive understanding of the Scrapy framework and its modules

Working knowledge of the Requests and Beautiful Soup libraries

An understanding of dynamic web scraping techniques using Selenium

Ability to handle various challenges and complexities encountered during web scraping

Hands-on experience navigating through website structures to retrieve desired information

What You'll Learn

Hands-on experience with CSS Selectors and XPath for precise data extraction

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Course Content

1

Introduction to Course Content and Web Scraping

This chapter overviews the course structure and introduces the basics of web scraping, setting the foundation for more advanced topics.
Course Overview
What Is Web Scraping?Essentials of HTMLBrowser Developer ToolsStatic vs. Dynamic WebsitesQuiz: HTML and Browser Tools with Website Types
2

Fundamental Concepts of Web Scraping

This chapter introduces essential web scraping concepts using Python. It covers libraries like Requests and Beautiful Soup, along with CSS selectors.
Introduction to Requests
Web Scraping with Beautiful SoupQuiz: Web Scraping with Beautiful SoupChallenges: Scrape the Web Page Using Beautiful SoupSolution Review: Scrape the Web Page Using Beautiful SoupCSS SelectorsQuiz: CSS SelectorsJSON Structure of Scraped Data
3

Dynamic Sites with Selenium

This chapter covers dynamic web scraping with Selenium, focusing on waits, XPath, and scraping data from Yahoo Finance.
Introduction to SeleniumImplicit vs. Explicit WaitScraping Yahoo Finance with SeleniumQuiz: Selenium ModulesChallenges: Scrape Top Indices Data from Yahoo FinanceSolution Review: Scrape Top Indices Data from Yahoo FinanceIntroduction to XML and XPathIntroduction to lxmlQuiz: XPathChallenge: Scrape PayPal FAQs Using Selenium and XPathSolution Review: Scrape PayPal FAQs Using Selenium and XPath

Assessment: Python Scraping

Assessment

4

Scrapy Framework

This chapter explores Scrapy’s core components, data pipeline, middleware, JSON validation, and Selenium integration.
Introduction to ScrapyScrapy CoresScrapy Data PipelineQuiz: Scrapy CoresValidation with JSON SchemaWhat Is Middleware?Scrapy with SeleniumScrapy SettingsQuiz: Scrapy

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Project

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Wrap Up

This chapter wraps up the course, summarizing the key takeaways from your Python web scraping journey.
Conclusion

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