How long does it take to read Web Scraping with Python?
Collecting Data from the Modern Web
Ryan Mitchell
Web Scraping with Python by Ryan Mitchell takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2015. 256 pages, about 70,400 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Learn web scraping and crawling techniques to access unlimited data from any web source in any format. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how to use Python scripts and web APIs to gather and process data from thousands—or even millions—of web pages at once. Ideal for programmers, security professionals, and web administrators familiar with Python, this book not only teaches basic web scraping mechanics, but also delves into more advanced topics, such as analyzing raw data or using scrapers for frontend website testing. Code samples are available to help you understand the concepts in practice. Learn how to parse complicated HTML pages Traverse multiple pages and sites Get a general overview of APIs and how they work Learn several methods for storing the data you scrape Download, read, and extract data from documents Use tools and techniques to clean badly formatted data Read and write natural languages Crawl through forms and logins Understand how to scrape JavaScript Learn image processing and text recognition <h2>Printing History</h2> <dl> <dt>April 2018:</dt><dd>Second Edition</dd> <dt>2018-03-20:</dt><dd>First Release</dd> <dt>2018-11-21:</dt><dd>Second Release</dd> </dl>
Subjects: Automatic data collection systems, Data mining, Python (Langage de programmation), Exploration de données (Informatique), Collecte automatique des données, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
