Web scraping with Python : collecting more data from the modern web

Book 2018

If programming is magic then web scraping is surely a form of wizardry. By writing a simple automated program, you can query web servers, request data, and parse it to extract the information you need. The expanded edition of this practical book not only introduces you to web scraping, but also serves as a comprehensive guide to scraping almost every type of data from the modern web. Part I focuses on web scraping mechanics: using Python to reque...

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Automatic data collection systems

Data mining

Python (Computer program language)

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ISBN:

9781491985571

Edition:

Second edition

Description:

xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Collecting more data from the modern web

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Part I. Building scrapers: Your first web scraper
Advanced HTML parsing
Writing web crawlers
Web crawling models
Scrapy
Storing data. Part II. Advanced scraping: Reading documents
Cleaning your dirty data
Reading and writing natural languages
Crawling through forms and logins
Scraping JavaScript
Crawling through APIs
Image processing and text recognition
Avoiding scraping traps
Testing your website with scrapers
Web crawling in parallel
Scraping remotely
The legalities and ethics of web scraping
Index

LCCN:

2018418395

Control Number:

2499216

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