Web Scraping with Python
Subtitle: Collecting Data from the Modern Web
Publisher: O’Reilly Media; O'Reilly Media
Published: July 24, 2015
Format: Paperback. Electronic
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781491910290
Description: 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