pro $24.99 per month
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose one free eBook per month to keep
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
lite $19.99 per month
- access to all Manning books, including MEAPs!
team
5, 10 or 20 seats+ for your team - learn more
Look inside
Harness the potential of extracting web data with our detailed course on Web Scraping using Beautiful Soup in Python. Begin your journey with an introduction to the basics of web scraping. Learn why Python and its robust library, Beautiful Soup, are favorites among developers and data enthusiasts. Immerse yourself in the details of HTML structures, learning to identify and navigate through various HTML tags and mastering CSS selectors to precisely extract the data you need.
Take advantage of the Requests library for easy and effective management of HTTP requests, simplifying the process of web content retrieval. Advance your skills with hands-on experience in Beautiful Soup, covering everything from fundamental parsing to sophisticated data extraction methods.
Practical application is key. Our course offers numerous real-world projects, giving you the chance to apply your skills in different settings, including tracking eBay prices, extracting top hits from Billboard, sourcing movie recommendations from IMDB, and keeping an eye on Bitcoin prices.
Complete this course with the ability to effortlessly scrape web data and turn it into valuable insights.
Distributed by Manning Publications
This course was created independently by Meta Brains and is distributed by Manning through our exclusive liveVideo platform.
about the video
In the era where data equates to valuable assets, mastering the art of data extraction can lead to a myriad of possibilities. This course is perfect for those aiming to collect data for research, business analysis, or web content monitoring.what you will learn
- Understand and navigate webpage structures for effective scraping
- Harness the full power of Beautiful Soup for advanced data extraction
- Send, handle, and interpret web requests using the Python Requests library
- Decode varying HTTP response codes and their implications
- Real-World scraping projects
- Utilize selectors to target specific elements and data points on a webpage
- Convert raw scraped data into usable and actionable formats
- Grasp the legal and ethical considerations of data extraction from websites
about the instructor
Meta Brains is a professional training brand developed by a team of software developers and finance professionals who have a passion for coding, finance, and Excel. They bring together professional and educational experiences to create world-class training programs accessible to everyone. Currently, they're focused on the next great revolution in computing: the metaverse. Their ultimate objective is to train the next generation of talent so we can code and build the metaverse together.
what's a liveVideo?
- Quality lessons from expert programmers.
- Rich, interactive transcripts for navigation.
- Exercise driven learning.
what's a liveVideo?
choose your plan
pro
monthly
annual
$24.99
$249.99
only $20.83 per month
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
-
![]()
Python Web Scraping: Data extraction with Beautiful Soup liveVideo for free
Python Web Scraping: Data extraction with Beautiful Soup liveVideo for free
team
monthly
annual
$49.99
$499.99
only $41.67 per month
- five seats for your team
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
-
![]()
Python Web Scraping: Data extraction with Beautiful Soup liveVideo for free
