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Web Scraping with Python

1. Getting Acquainted with HTML

Introduction to Web Scraping What is HTML?HTML Structure Inspecting Pages HTML Attributes Classes and Ids Accessing an Element Opening HTML File Challenge Applying String Methods Challenge

2. Beautiful Soup: Part I

What is Beautiful Soup?Navigating HTML Document Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Working with Specific Elements Challenge

3. Beautiful Soup: Part II

Attributes & Contents of Element Challenge Attributes & Contents of Multiple Elements Challenge Advanced Search Challenge

Web Scraping with Python

What is HTML?

Before we proceed, it's essential to grasp the concept of HTML and its functionality.

HTML, short for HyperText Markup Language, serves as a markup language used to render web pages. Think of HTML as the framework that forms the core structure of a web page, making it user-friendly and easy to navigate.

For instance, take a look at the web page displayed below, accessible through the following link.

The HTML structure of the aforementioned page is as follows:

Now, let's delve into some explanations. Each HTML tag is enclosed within angle brackets, with a left bracket < and a right bracket >. Most HTML tags are designed in pairs, comprising both opening and closing tags. Closing tags are preceded by a forward slash /.

In the schema provided above, we have utilized the following tags:

<html> - defines an html document (compulsory tag for each document).
<title> - defines a page title (displayed in the tab bar).
<body> - defines the document's body.
<h2> - defines the second level of the heading (there are 6 levels available: <h1> - <h6>).
<p> - defines a paragraph.

Choose the correct statements:

Select a few correct answers

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