Virtual Introduction to Web Scraping Part I
Zoom Meeting
Workshop Overview
This two-part workshop will introduce attendees to web scraping — a technique used to automate extracting data from websites.
Part I Objectives
- What is web scraping and why is it useful?
- How can I select content on a web page using a specific tool (XPath)?
- How can I use browser extensions/other web tools to quickly scrape data off a web page?
Prerequisites
All are welcome to attend, although some familiarity with HTML/XML will be helpful — as web scraping is a technique to extract data from web pages, it requires some understanding of the technologies that are used to display information on the web. This lesson therefore assumes that attendees will have some familiarity with HTML and the Document Object Model (DOM).
Connect via Zoom
Please register for this event. A URL to join the Zoom session will be emailed to you one hour before the workshop start time. To ensure access to the workshop from the virtual waiting room, your Zoom name should match the information provided when registering for the workshop. Please email cds@nd.edu with any questions or issues.
