In this bootcamp being offered December 4-7th from 10 a.m- 1 p.m. (MT), learn how you can use the Python programming language to scrape data from the web. In this advanced online mini-bootcamp, we’ll cover:
Using built-in browser tools to target page elements for extraction
Setting up a Python project with a virtual environment, using Jupyter notebooks and installing various scraping and parsing libraries
Strategies for navigating various kinds of web pages, from simple (static HTML) to advanced (paginated databases, server-rendered content, restrictive cookies, etc.)
Writing your scraped data to file
Scraping best practices
After registration, attendees will receive instructions on setting up their computers with the necessary software and accessing the course materials and live videos. Sessions will be taught through Zoom.