Scraping Media from the Web with R

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Justin Flett

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01 - Course Overview

01 - Course Overview.mp4

01:27

02 - Understanding Web Scraping with R

02 - Introduction.mp4

00:52

03 - Introducing and Understanding Web Scraping.mp4

03:57

04 - Reading and Downloading Web Data with R.mp4

04:36

05 - Understanding Web Scraping with CSS Selectors.mp4

05:02

06 - Implementing Web Scraping with CSS Selectors.mp4

06:24

07 - Summary.mp4

01:07

03 - Scraping the Web with R

08 - Introduction.mp4

00:36

09 - Determining the Content Type of a URL.mp4

04:58

10 - Downloading Media Files to Local Storage.mp4

06:20

11 - Extracting the File Name from a URL.mp4

04:40

12 - Summary.mp4

00:59

04 - Processing Data Scraped from the Web

13 - Introduction.mp4

00:44

14 - Comparing Media Data to Text-based Data.mp4

07:06

15 - Processing Media Data.mp4

05:41

16 - Further Learning and Next Steps.mp4

01:55

17 - Course Summary.mp4

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Description

R is a widely used programming language for statistical computing. This course will teach you the fundamentals of scraping data from the web with R.

What You'll Learn?

R is a widely used programming language for statistical computing. In this course, Scraping Media from the Web with R , you will learn foundational knowledge of web scraping using R. First, you will learn the basics of web scraping using default R functions. Next, you will learn how to scrape the web using CSS selectors. You will learn how to work specifically with media data when scraping the web. Finally, you will discover how to process image data within R. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of scraping the web for data and media data within R.

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Justin Flett

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Justin Flett is a Mechatronics Engineer currently working as a Professor within the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology at Sheridan College. Justin has previously held positions at Hydro One Networks, Ford Motor Company, and ABB Robotics spanning across both the electrical and mechanical engineering industries. Most recently, he has been working as an Product Development Professional specializing in training, services, and consultation nation-wide, ranging from design fundamentals to advanced product development solutions.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.