Web Scraping Part II: Working with Python

Back in July, code4lib toronto held its first Software Carpentry workshop, Library Carpentry (https://code4libtoronto.github.io/2016-07-28-librarycarpentry/). If you attended the workshop, this is going to be a deeper dive into the Web Scraping with Python lesson, building on your experience with Python and introducing you to Python libraries, APIs, and object-oriented programming.

If you did not attend the July workshop, are new to web scraping or simply would like a refresher, another introductory session (https://www.meetup.com/code4libtoronto/events/234721941/) is organized on November 3.

What you'll learn:

• Brief recap of what is web scraping

• Writing a spider to scrape a website using Python and the Scrapy framework

• Use popular web-based scraping services (e.g. morph.io)

Everyone is invited, although some familiarity with Python and HTML/XML will be helpful.

Note: Registration is capped at 20 attendees. You can indicate your interest by RSVP'ing through Meetup, however this will not guarantee your spot in the workshop.

In order to confirm your registration:

To guarantee your spot at the workshop, please email Kim Pham at kim.pham@utoronto.ca with the following details:

1. Full Name

2. Contact email

3. Title (Student, Librarian, Archivist, N/A etc.)

4. Organization (if applicable)

5. Why are you interested in this workshop?

6. What is your previous experience with web scraping, HTML, XML, and Python?