Advanced Web Scraping Tactics: Python Playbook

Description

In this course, you will :

• Discover what advanced web scraping entails, then learn how to handle form submissions using the Python requests module and Selenium.
• You'll learn how to work with websites that have login pages and cookies, as well as how to provide button input values such as clicking checkboxes and radio buttons.
• Use Selenium to upload files, which will come in handy when websites require you to upload images, pdf files, and other files in order to proceed.
• When you finish this course, you will be able to navigate problems when attempting to scrape data from websites.

Syllabus :

1. Introducing Advanced Web Scraping & Handling Form Submissions

•  Software and Course Prerequisites 
•  What Is Advanced Web Scraping? 
•  Handling Form Submissions - GET Forms 
•  Handling Form Submissions - POST Forms 

 

2. Submitting Cookies & Button Input Values to a URL

•  Scraping Sites with Logins 
•  Submitting Button Input Values 

 

3. Uploading Files to a Webpage during Scraping

•  When Will You Need to Upload Files during Scraping? 

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