Web Scraping with Python: Collecting Data from the Modern Web

By Ryan Mitchell

Book Overview

Learn web scraping and crawling techniques to access unlimited data from any web source in any format. With this practical guide, you'll learn how to use Python scripts and web APIs to gather and process data from thousands--or even millions--of web pages at once.

Ideal for programmers, security professionals, and web administrators familiar with Python, this book not only teaches basic web scraping mechanics, but also delves into more advanced topics, such as analyzing raw data or using scrapers for frontend website testing. Code samples are available to help you understand the concepts in practice. Learn how to parse complicated HTML pages Traverse multiple pages and sites Get a general overview of APIs and how they work Learn several methods for storing the data you scrape Download, read, and extract data from documents Use tools and techniques to clean badly formatted data Read and write natural languages Crawl through forms and logins Understand how to scrape JavaScript Learn image processing and text recognition

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1491910291
• ISBN13: 9781491910290
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A little outdated, but very helpful

A little outdated, but very helpful even though a lot if the newer info concerns the mobile phones and not the handheld computer.

I regret not having bought it sooner!

If you have a mobile computer (for example, a PocketPC) that runs on a Windows platform, you probably found the instruction manual grossly inadequate. I know I did. I also found some basic, expected functionality missing from my PocketPC and immediately set about finding third-party applications to resolve those deficiencies. Along the way, I found out just how frustrating it is to set up or even use a mobile computer without...

Useful for Anyone

This is a very useful book, either for beginners or for more advanced users. Whether you're looking for a reference manual or a users' guide, you'll be sure to find the information you need here. The many pictures and highlighted tips and notes make "How to Do Everything with Windows Mobile" easy to read, and easy to quickly find the information you're looking for. This very thorough book covers both Windows Mobile Pocket...