unit-7b.md

Unit 7b: Processing Data from the Internet (Bonus Material)

Learning Objectives

In this unit, we'll build upon our ability to process data from the Internet by focusing on scraping and processing HTML pages.

NOTE: this is a follow-on for Unit 7, so you should do that first

Discussions and Notes

• Processing HTML-formatted data:
  • The beautifulsoup Package
• Automated Web Browsing (a.k.a. "scraping"):
  • The selenium Package

Activities and Exercises

• "Web Scraper" Exercise
• "Automated Browsing" Exercise