https://github.com/coderrony955/web-scrap-code-snippet
Python Web Scraping Code Snippets repo
https://github.com/coderrony955/web-scrap-code-snippet
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Python Web Scraping Code Snippets repo
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/coderrony955/web-scrap-code-snippet
- Owner: CoderRony955
- Created: 2024-08-15T14:13:59.000Z (11 months ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-08-31T14:26:15.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-07T10:15:19.654Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: python3, webscraping
- Language: Python
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- Size: 189 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Web Scraping with Python - Code Snippets
## Introduction
Welcome to the Python Web Scraping Code Snippets repository! This repository contains a collection of small, easy-to-understand code snippets for performing web scraping tasks using Python. The snippets are designed to help you quickly get started with web scraping and understand the basics without delving into more complex scenarios.
## Prerequisites
Before you start using these code snippets, ensure you have the following installed:
- Python 3.x
- Required Python libraries: `requests`, `BeautifulSoup`
## About the Beautiful Soup Library
Beautiful Soup is a popular Python library used for parsing HTML and XML documents. It creates a parse tree for parsed pages, which can be used to extract data from HTML, navigate the parse tree, and search for specific elements. Beautiful Soup is commonly used for web scraping purposes due to its ease of use and powerful features.
```bash
pip install beautifulsoup4
```
## Legal and Ethical Considerations
**Understanding the Legal Landscape**
Web scraping falls into a legally gray area and it's crucial to understand the legal implications:
- **Terms of Service (ToS):** Always check the website's ToS. Some websites explicitly prohibit scraping.
- **Robots.txt:** Respect the robots.txt file of the website. This file tells web crawlers which parts of the site can be crawled and which cannot.
- **Copyright Law:** Be aware of the copyright laws. Scraping content without permission can lead to copyright infringement issues.
- **Data Privacy:** Comply with data privacy laws such as GDPR in the EU or CCPA in California, which regulate the use of personal data.
- **Respect Website Usage:** Do not overload a website with too many requests in a short period. Use delays between requests.
- **Data Usage:** Use the scraped data responsibly and ethically. Do not use it for malicious purposes.
# Thanks for visiting
**Happy programming :)💖**
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