Web Scraping with Puppeteer

Learn web scraping with Puppeteer, covering setup, navigation, data extraction, advanced techniques, and storing data in formats like JSON or CSV to enhance your career opportunities.

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43 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

Learn web scraping with Puppeteer, covering setup, navigation, data extraction, advanced techniques, and storing data in formats like JSON or CSV to enhance your career opportunities.

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Course Overview

Puppeteer is a Node.js library for automating web browsers and extracting data from websites. In this course, you’ll learn how to harness the full potential of Puppeteer to scrape data from the web efficiently and effectively. You’ll start with an introduction to web scraping, covering the basics and its applications. Next, you’ll delve into Puppeteer fundamentals, including setup, web page navigation, and data extraction using selectors. Advanced concepts like handling pagination, scrolling, and authenti...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of web scraping and its applications

Knowledge of Puppeteer from basics to advanced concepts

Familiarity with exporting scraped data to different formats

Hands-on experience with Puppeteer on real-world examples

The ability to debug and troubleshoot issues

An understanding of best practices in web scraping

What You'll Learn

An understanding of web scraping and its applications

Course Content

Introduction

Get familiar with web scraping fundamentals, ethical practices, and Puppeteer techniques for data extraction.

Course Overview

Introduction to the Course

Introduction to Web Scraping

Look at the fundamentals of web scraping, its importance, website architecture, and legal considerations.

What Is Web Scraping?Why Use Web Scraping?Get to Know the Website Architecture Legal and Ethical Considerations Quiz: Introduction to Web Scraping

Puppeteer Fundamentals

Go hands-on with web scraping using Puppeteer, from navigation to request interception.

Introduction to Puppeteer Structure of a Puppeteer Project Navigate to a Web Page Selectors Evaluate JavaScript Request Interception Debug Issues Challenge: Puppeteer Fundamentals Quiz: Puppeteer Fundamentals

Advanced Concepts

Grasp the fundamentals of handling URL parameters, pagination, infinite scrolling, authentication, and captchas in Puppeteer.

Handle URL parameters Use of Pagination Handle Infinite Scrolling Login and Authentication Captchas and Other Security Measures Challenge: Advanced Concepts Quiz: Advanced Concepts

Storing Scraped Data

Map out the steps for storing, exporting, and managing scraped data using Puppeteer.

Store Scraped Data in JSON Format Store Scraped Data in CSV Format Take Screenshots with Puppeteer Export to PDF with Puppeteer Exporting Data to a Database Quiz: Storing Scraped Data

Scraping a Book Store

8 Lessons

Follow the process of scraping book categories, details, images, and quotes using Puppeteer.

Best Practices for Web Scraping

2 Lessons

Practice using Puppeteer's methods to manage dynamic content and handle errors efficiently.

Conclusion

4 Lessons

Sharpen your skills in web scraping with Puppeteer, ethical practices, and future trends.

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