Crawling the Web with Python 3 and Scrapy 2

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Eduardo Freitas

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1. Course Overview

1. Course Overview.mp4

01:54

2. Extracting Data from the Web Core Concepts

1. Version Check.mp4

00:15

2. Introduction, Overview, and Prerequisites.mp4

01:54

3. Concepts.mp4

02:45

4. Legal or Illegal.mp4

02:41

5. Legal Consequences.mp4

03:23

6. General Advice.mp4

02:47

7. Why Scrapy.mp4

04:10

8. Demo - Extracting Data without Scrapy.mp4

07:49

9. Summary.mp4

01:19

3. Scaffolding and Running Your First Scrapy Web Crawler Project

1. Introduction and Overview.mp4

01:04

2. Introduction to Scrapy.mp4

03:38

3. Scrapy Architecture.mp4

02:44

4. Beautiful Soup.mp4

02:49

5. Demo - Creating and Scaffolding a New Scrapy Project.mp4

04:57

6. Summary.mp4

01:19

04. Achieving Common Spider Behaviors Using Built-in Classes

01. Introduction and Overview.mp4

01:04

02. Spiders Overview.mp4

01:38

03. Types of Scrapy Spiders.mp4

01:45

04. scrapy.Spider.mp4

01:26

05. CrawlSpider.mp4

01:32

06. XMLFeedSpider.mp4

01:25

07. CSVFeedSpider.mp4

01:09

08. SitemapSpider.mp4

01:50

09. Demo - Implementing a scrapy.Spider.mp4

07:47

10. Demo - Implementing a CrawlSpider.mp4

03:42

11. Summary.mp4

00:51

5. Influencing Scrapy Crawling

1. Introduction and Overview.mp4

00:59

2. Allow and Deny Rules.mp4

00:42

3. Processors.mp4

02:58

4. Item Loaders.mp4

01:02

5. Item Pipelines.mp4

02:09

6. Demo - Implementing a Scraping Pipeline.mp4

06:37

7. Summary.mp4

00:52

6. Scrapy Outcome and Data Export

1. Introduction and Overview.mp4

00:50

2. Feed Exporter.mp4

01:18

3. Demo - Using an Exporter to Save Data.mp4

01:47

4. Summary.mp4

01:40

Description

Have you ever wanted to know how to programmatically crawl websites and extract data from them? If so, then this course is for you. You will learn how to use the Scrapy framework to write spiders that are able to extract valuable data from the web.

What You'll Learn?

Have you ever spent hours trying to gather high-quality data from specific websites, and wondered how you could extract this data programmatically and use it within your own applications? In this course, Crawling the Web with Python 3 and Scrapy 2, you will gain the ability to write spiders that can extract data from the web, using Python and Visual Studio Code, through an advanced yet easy-to-use framework called Scrapy. First, you will learn what scraping and crawling are, and explore all its implications. Next, you will discover how to scaffold a Scrapy project and write spiders. Finally, you will explore how to influence how spiders crawl websites and extract data in different formats. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge on how to use Scrapy with Python, to programmatically crawl and scrape data from any website.

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Eduardo is a technology enthusiast, software architect and customer success advocate. He's designed enterprise .NET solutions that extract, validate and automate critical business processes such as Accounts Payable and Mailroom solutions for all types of organizations. He's designed and supported production systems for global names such as Coca Cola, Enel, Pirelli, Fiat-Chrysler, Xerox and many others. He's a well-known specialist in the Enterprise Content Management market segment, specifically focusing on data capture & extraction and document process automation. He designed a supplier invoice processing system for Agfa that achieved 50% straight-through processing (50% of invoices extracted from paper, validated and exported into SAP without any human validation). He's also loves to write about cutting-edge technologies. He loves helping customers succeed. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and being outdoors. He loves running and sports.

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