Shane Evans - Web Scraping Best Practises
Channel: EuroPython Conference
Date: 04/08/2015

Shane Evans - Web Scraping Best Practises
[EuroPython 2015]
[21 July 2015]
[Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain]

Python is a fantastic language for writing web scrapers. There is a
large ecosystem of useful projects and a great developer community.
However, it can be confusing once you go beyond the simpler scrapers
typically covered in tutorials.

In this talk, we will explore some common real-world scraping tasks.
You will learn best practises and get a deeper understanding of what
tools and techniques can be used and how to deal with the most
challenging of web scraping projects!

We will cover crawling and extracting data at different scales - from
small websites to large focussed crawls. This will include an overview
of automated extraction techniques. We'll touch on common difficulties
like rendering pages in browsers, proxy management, and crawl
architecture.

**Slides**:  [https://speakerdeck.com/shaneaevans/web-scraping-best-
practises][1]

[1]: https://speakerdeck.com/shaneaevans/web-scraping-best-practises