Alex Richards (@alexrichards), NerdWallet
We'll use a few helpful Python packages to create a web scraper.
This session will cover:
- Why you'd ever want to do this
- Fetching web pages with Python
- Navigating HTML
- Structuring scraped data and writing it to a CSV
Software requirements:
(If you already have Python 3, pip install -r requirements.txt after downloading this repository for everything you need.)
Questions? Concerns? Send Alex a note (arichards@nerdwallet.com) or DM Alex on Twitter.
Struggling with installation? Try this updated guide for Windows and OS X.
Further reading and more tutorials:
- Python's BeginnersGuide
- PyCAR
- Learn Python The Hard Way
- CodeAcademy
- Think Python, a popular introductory book whose digital edition is available free online