WEB SCRAPING

DIFFERENT PYTHON WEB SCRAPING LIBRARIES

 BeautifulSoup allows you to parse HTML and XML documents. Using API, you can easily
navigate through the HTML document tree and extract tags, meta titles, attributes, text, and
other content. BeautifulSoup is also known for its robust error handling.
 Requests is a simple yet powerful Python library for making HTTP requests. It is designed to
be easy to use and intuitive, with a clean and consistent API. With Requests, you can easily
send GET and POST requests, and handle cookies, authentication, and other HTTP features. It
is also widely used in web scraping due to its simplicity and ease of use.
 Selenium allows you to automate web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, and Safari and
simulate human interaction with websites. You can click buttons, fill out forms, scroll pages,
and perform other actions. It is also used for testing web applications and automating
repetitive tasks.
HOW TO SCRAPE DATA FROM WEBSITES USING PYTHON?
 Step 1: Choose the Website and Webpage URL

 Step 2: Inspect the website

 Step 3: Installing the important libraries

1. requests - for making HTTP requests to the website

2. BeautifulSoup - for parsing the HTML code
• Step 4: Write the Python code

• Step 5: Exporting the extracted data

HOW TO PARSE TEXT FROM THE WEBSITE?
 We can parse website text easily using BeautifulSoup or lxml. Here are the steps involved
along with the code.
• We will send an HTTP request to the URL and get the webpage's HTML content.

• Once you have the HTMl structure, we will use BeautifulSoup's find() method to locate a
specific HTML tag or attribute.
• And then extract the text content with the text attribute.
HOW TO SCRAPE HTML FORMS USING PYTHON?
To scrape HTML forms using Python, you can use a library such as BeautifulSoup, lxml, or
mechanize. Here are the general steps:
 Send an HTTP request to the URL of the webpage with the form you want to scrape. The
server responds to the request by returning the HTML content of the webpage.
 Once you have accessed the HTML content, you can use an HTML parser to locate the form
you want to scrape. For example, you can use BeautifulSoup's find() method to locate the form
tag.
 Once you have located the form, you can extract the input fields and their corresponding
values using the HTML parser. For example, you can use BeautifulSoup's find_all() method to
locate all input tags within the form, and then extract their name and value attributes.
 You can then use this data to submit the form or perform further data processing.
COMPARING DIFFERENT PYTHON WEB SCRAPING LIBRARIES

Community
Library Ease of Use Performance Flexibility
Support

BeautifulSoup Easy Moderate High High

Requests Easy High High High

Selenium Easy Moderate High High

MechanicalSoup Easy Moderate High High

LXML Moderate High High High

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