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Mastering Web Scraping Using Python: From Beginner to Advanced

Delve into web scraping using Python. Explore HTML, master Requests, Beautiful Soup, Selenium, CSS Selectors, XPath, and Scrapy. Gain insights into building scalable, real-world scraping solutions.

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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 scraping framework. Finally, you’ll learn to navigate common challenges such as pagination and login forms, building scalable scraping solutions to tackle real-world projects effectively. By the end of this course, you’ll have gained ample hands-on experience in web scraping, from crafting automated data collection systems to analyzing trends and insights. Your newfound expertise in web scraping will elevate your career prospects and unlock boundless opportunities in the data-driven world of technology.

You’ll begin this course by exploring fundamental web concepts and HTML structures. You’ll then use the Requests and Beautiful S...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

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

Content

35 Lessons1 Project7 Quizzes1 Assessment6 Challenges

Introduction to Course Content and Web Scraping

6 Lessons

Get familiar with web scraping concepts, HTML essentials, browser tools, and static vs. dynamic websites.

Course Overview

What Is Web Scraping?

Essentials of HTML

Browser Developer Tools

Static vs. Dynamic Websites

Quiz: HTML and Browser Tools with Website Types

Fundamental Concepts of Web Scraping

8 Lessons

Get started with Requests, Beautiful Soup, challenges, CSS selectors, and JSON structures in web scraping.

Introduction to Requests

Web Scraping with Beautiful Soup

Quiz: Web Scraping with Beautiful Soup

Challenges: Scrape the Web Page Using Beautiful Soup

Solution Review: Scrape the Web Page Using Beautiful Soup

CSS Selectors

Quiz: CSS Selectors

JSON Structure of Scraped Data

Dynamic Sites with Selenium

11 Lessons

Examine using Selenium for dynamic website scraping, XPath for data navigation, and solution reviews.

Introduction to Selenium

Implicit vs. Explicit Wait

Scraping Yahoo Finance with Selenium

Quiz: Selenium Modules

Challenges: Scrape Top Indices Data from Yahoo Finance

Solution Review: Scrape Top Indices Data from Yahoo Finance

Introduction to XML and XPath

Introduction to lxml

Quiz: XPath

Challenge: Scrape PayPal FAQs Using Selenium and XPath

Solution Review: Scrape PayPal FAQs Using Selenium and XPath

Assessment: Python Scraping

Assessment

Scrapy Framework

9 Lessons

Break down the steps to efficiently use Scrapy for web scraping, from core modules to middleware integration.

Introduction to Scrapy

Scrapy Cores

Scrapy Data Pipeline

Quiz: Scrapy Cores

Validation with JSON Schema

Scraping Educative’s Courses Information

Project

Wrap Up

1 Lessons

Take a look at your comprehensive mastery of Python web scraping techniques and tools.

Conclusion

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Ahmed Magdy

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