Practical Web Scraping for Data Science Best Practices and Examples with Python /

• Main Authors: vanden Broucke, Seppe (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Baesens, Bart (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Python (Computer program language).; Database management.; Big data.; Python.; Database Management.; Big Data/Analytics.

This book provides a complete and modern guide to web scraping, using Python as the programming language, without glossing over important details or best practices. Written with a data science audience in mind, the book explores both scraping and the larger context of web technologies in which it op...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Web Scraping Basics
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Web Speaks HTTP
• 3. Stirring the HTML and CSS Soup
• Part II: Advanced Web Scraping
• 4. Delving Deeper in HTTP
• 5. Dealing with JavaScript
• 6. From Web Scraping to Web Crawling
• Part III: Managerial Concerns and Best Practices
• 7. Managerial and Legal Concerns
• 8. Closing Topics
• 9. Examples.