Scraping Dynamic Web Pages with Python and Selenium

Data is the new oil. Given what high-quality data can do, it's hard to argue with that statement. There are many methods to gather data. One way is to extract the vast amounts of data that exist in websites. This course, Scraping Dynamic Web pages with Python and Selenium, is designed to help you do exactly that. You will first learn how to extract data from dynamic websites. Selenium is the main tool, and this course begins by looking at it. Then, we will get into the details of it. We'll start by opening a webpage with a web driver. Next, you'll learn how to locate and identify dynamic elements on a webpage. Finally, you'll be able to hand over the page source to beautiful soup. The course will conclude with a discussion of common problems and ways to improve scraping efficiency. After completing this course, you'll be able combine Python, Selenium and Beautiful Soup to extract data on any dynamic website.