Web scraping deals with extracting large amounts of data from websites in either structured or unstructured forms. For example, a website might have some data already present in an HTML table element or as a CSV file. This is an example of structured data on website. But, in most cases, the required information would be scattered across the content of the web page. Web scraping helps collect these data and store it in a structured form. There are different ways to scrape websites such as online services, APIs, or writing your own code.
Here are some important notes about web scraping:
- Read through the website's terms and conditions to understand how you can legally use the data. Most sites prohibit you from using the data for commercial purposes.
- Make sure you are not downloading data at a rapid rate because this may break the website. You may...