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Automating Data Collection from Web Sources
The Requests Library
The requests library is a popular Python library for making HTTP requests. It allows you to send HTTP requests to a website's server and retrieve the server's response.
In the context of web scraping, the requests library can be used to send an HTTP request to a website's server to retrieve the HTML content of a webpage. This is often the first step in the web scraping process, as the HTML content contains all the data that you want to extract.
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- Import the
requestslibrary. - Use the
requestslibrary to retrieve the content of the website (url). - Save the text (the
.textattribute) in anhtmlvariable.
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The requests library is a popular Python library for making HTTP requests. It allows you to send HTTP requests to a website's server and retrieve the server's response.
In the context of web scraping, the requests library can be used to send an HTTP request to a website's server to retrieve the HTML content of a webpage. This is often the first step in the web scraping process, as the HTML content contains all the data that you want to extract.
Swipe to show code editor
- Import the
requestslibrary. - Use the
requestslibrary to retrieve the content of the website (url). - Save the text (the
.textattribute) in anhtmlvariable.
Once you've completed this task, click the button above the code to check your solution.
Switch to desktop for real-world practiceContinue from where you are using one of the options below