Syndication How to use Python and Selenium to scrape websites July 22, 2020 - 11:00 am Web scraping has been used to extract data from websites almost from the time the World Wide Web was born.

Syndication How to use Python and Selenium to scrape websites July 22, 2020 - 11:00 am Web scraping has been used to extract data from websites almost from the time the World Wide Web was born.

My go-to language for web scraping is Python, as it has well-integrated libraries that can generally handle all of the functionality required. And sure enough, a Selenium library exists for Python.

Web scraping is the process of using automated software, like bots, to extract structured data from websites.

Web scraping is the process of automatically extracting and organizing data from websites.

The alternative is to build your own scraper — a more difficult process, but one that offers greater control. We use Python, but any modern programming language should work.