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What is Python web scraping used for?
What is Python web scraping used for?
- To create web servers.
- To design website layouts.
- To collect and parse data from websites programmatically. (correct)
- To manage databases.
Which Python library is commonly used for parsing HTML documents?
Which Python library is commonly used for parsing HTML documents?
- Beautiful Soup (correct)
- requests
- urllib
- MechanicalSoup
What should you always review before scraping a website?
What should you always review before scraping a website?
- The website's terms of use. (correct)
- The website's traffic statistics.
- The website's server location.
- The website's color scheme.
Which module in the urllib package contains a function to open a URL?
Which module in the urllib package contains a function to open a URL?
What does the .read() method of an HTTPResponse object return?
What does the .read() method of an HTTPResponse object return?
After reading the content from a URL, what method is used to convert the bytes to a string?
After reading the content from a URL, what method is used to convert the bytes to a string?
What is one way to extract information from a web page's HTML?
What is one way to extract information from a web page's HTML?
What does the .find() method return?
What does the .find() method return?
Why might a website forbid web scraping?
Why might a website forbid web scraping?
What is the purpose of checking a website's acceptable use policy before web scraping?
What is the purpose of checking a website's acceptable use policy before web scraping?
Which of the following is a reason why Python is well-suited for web scraping?
Which of the following is a reason why Python is well-suited for web scraping?
What is the first step in scraping a website with Python?
What is the first step in scraping a website with Python?
If html.find('<title>') returns -1, what does this indicate?
If html.find('<title>') returns -1, what does this indicate?
What is the potential consequence of making too many repeated requests to a website's server?
What is the potential consequence of making too many repeated requests to a website's server?
Which of the following is NOT a typical use case for web scraping?
Which of the following is NOT a typical use case for web scraping?
What type of data is returned directly after using urlopen()?
What type of data is returned directly after using urlopen()?
In the context of web scraping, what does 'parsing' generally refer to?
In the context of web scraping, what does 'parsing' generally refer to?
What encoding is commonly used when decoding the bytes received from a web page?
What encoding is commonly used when decoding the bytes received from a web page?
Which method can be used to extract a portion of a string in Python?
Which method can be used to extract a portion of a string in Python?
Why might extracting data using string methods be unreliable for real-world HTML?
Why might extracting data using string methods be unreliable for real-world HTML?
Flashcards
Web Scraping
Web Scraping
Collecting data from websites using an automated process.
urllib
urllib
A Python library with tools for working with URLs.
urlopen()
urlopen()
Opens a URL within a program, found in the urllib.request module.
.read() method
.read() method
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.decode()
.decode()
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String slicing
String slicing
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Study Notes
- Python web scraping enables automated data collection and parsing from websites.
- Libraries such as
urllib, Beautiful Soup, and MechanicalSoup facilitate fetching and manipulating HTML content. - Web scraping automates data collection tasks, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.
- Python is suited for web scraping due to its extensive libraries like Beautiful Soup and MechanicalSoup.
- Web scraping involves fetching HTML content using
urlliband extracting data using string methods or parsers like Beautiful Soup. - Beautiful Soup is effective for parsing HTML documents with Python.
- Data scraping may be illegal if it violates a website’s terms of use; always review the acceptable use policy.
- Web scraping is collecting data from websites using an automated process.
- Websites may forbid scraping to protect data or prevent server overload.
- Check a website’s acceptable use policy before scraping to avoid violating terms of use.
- Scraping against a website's wishes exists in a legal gray area.
urllibin Python's standard library contains tools for working with URLs.- The
urllib.requestmodule'surlopen()function opens a URL within a program. urlopen()returns anHTTPResponseobject.- The
.read()method extracts HTML from theHTTPResponseobject as a sequence of bytes. - Use
.decode()to decode bytes to a string using UTF-8. - The output is the HTML code of the website.
- String methods such as
.find()can extract information from HTML. .find()locates the index of a substring, such as the index of the opening `` tag.- The index of the title can be calculated by adding the length of the opening `` tag to its index.
- Extract the title by slicing the HTML string using the start and end indices of the title.
- Real-world HTML can be more complex and less predictable.
- Slight variations in HTML, like extra spaces in tags, can cause scraping to fail.
html.find("")returns-1if the substring""doesn't exist exactly as written.
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