Developed Python scripts for car data extraction

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📅 2023-10-22 — Session: Developed Python scripts for car data extraction

🕒 00:30–00:45
🏷️ Labels: Python, Web Scraping, Beautifulsoup, HTML, Data Extraction
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The primary aim of this session was to develop a Python-based workflow for extracting car information from HTML content using web scraping techniques.

Key Activities

  • Extracted Car Information: Identified key elements such as title, description, specifications, image, and price from a car listing’s HTML source code.
  • Python Script Development: Created a Python script using the BeautifulSoup library to extract specific car information from HTML content.
  • HTML Content Fetching: Explained the correct method to fetch HTML content using the requests library for subsequent parsing with BeautifulSoup.
  • Recursive HTML Tree Printing: Developed a function to recursively print the structure of an HTML document, enhancing understanding of the HTML tree.
  • Code Correction and Enhancement: Corrected and enhanced a BeautifulSoup function to improve the visibility of HTML tag structures, including tag names, associated classes, and direct text content.

Achievements

  • Successfully developed and refined Python scripts for web scraping car information.
  • Improved understanding and handling of HTML content and structure using BeautifulSoup.

Pending Tasks

  • Further testing and validation of the scripts on diverse HTML sources to ensure robustness.

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