Course Outline
Introduction
Setting up the Development Environment
Python Primer: Data Structures, Conditionals, File Handling, etc.
Python Packages for Web Scraping: Scrapy and BeautifulSoup
How a Website Works
How HTML is Structured
Making a Web Request
Scraping an HTML Page
Working with XPath and CSS
Filtering Data Using Regular Expressions
Creating a Web Crawler
Crawling AJAX and JavaScript Pages with Selenium.
Web Scraping Best Practices
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- Programming experience, preferably in Python. If participants have programming experience in a language other than Python, the training can be extended to include more introductory Python exercises.
Audience
- Developers
Delivery Options
Private Group Training
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- Customisation of the learning experience to achieve your goals -
- Bespoke outlines
- Practical hands-on exercises containing data / scenarios recognisable to the learners
- Training scheduled on a date of your choice
- Delivered online, onsite/classroom or hybrid by experts sharing real world experience
Private Group Prices RRP from £1900 online delivery, based on a group of 2 delegates, £600 per additional delegate (excludes any certification / exam costs). We recommend a maximum group size of 12 for most learning events.
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Many different examples and topics has been covered, from basic investigation to login management and dynamic page management.