Master Python Web Scraping & Automation using BS4 & Selenium
What you'll learn
- Fundamentals of Web Scraping and Automation
- Understand Xpath & CSS Selectors
- Working with Spreadsheets and CSV files
- Automating Websites using Selenium
- Scraping and Crawling Websites using BeautifulSoup
- Multi-Threading Web Scraping Operations
- Web Scraping Best Practices
Requirements
- Beginner Python Development Experience
Description
Do you want to learn Web Scraping and Automation using Python and tools such as Selenium, BeautifulSoup, and Chromium? If so, Then this is the course for you!
WHAT DOES THIS COURSE FEATURE?
In this course, we’ll use the best tools and techniques available on the Internet to create powerful and efficient web scrapers and bots. Our focus will be towards developing 3 fully-featured python scripts that will solve the following issues respectively.
Scraping Data From An API
Scraping Data From HTML Web Pages
Automating Websites
By the end of this course, you’ll have mastered the skills required to effectively use Selenium, BeautifulSoup, Chromium and Python to build powerful Web Scrapers and Bots.
WHAT TOPICS WILL BE COVERED?
Working with Python Requests Module
Understanding Request Headers
Exporting Data to XLS Files
Sending Emails using Python
Working with API’s
Reading in Data From A CSV File.
The fundamentals of Beautiful Soup and LXML
Exporting Data to CSV Files.
Utilizing Multi-Threading to Speed Up Scraping
Navigating HTML Documents
Extracting Information From HTML elements such as Tables.
The fundamentals of Selenium
Automating Web Actions such as Clicks and Navigation
Filling Form Data
Screen Capturing Web Pages
Efficiently using CSS Selectors & XPaths
And alot more
WHAT ELSE DOES THIS COURSE OFFER?
– Deep, Fine-Grained Learning – This course is jam-packed with information. I made the course that I most wanted to take and as a result, I didn't skimp on the details. You're going to cover more topics and material in greater depth than ever before.
– 100% Real-World Practice – My goal is to get you writing code as much as possible. And not just any code–we'll be working exclusively on practical tasks that are instrumental in building your own amazing real-world apps.
– No-Nonsense, Spot-On Explanations - Every lesson is to the point. I break down what we're making, how we'll be doing it, and what the final product will look like, all on top of helpful and illustrative descriptions to aid your understanding along the way.
I really enjoyed making this course and I think you’ll enjoy taking it just as much.
Looking forward to seeing you taking this course!
Who this course is for:
Beginner/Intermediate Python Developers
Individuals looking to learn more about Web Scraping and Automation
Who this course is for:
- Individuals looking to learn Web Scraping and Automation
Instructors
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