Enhanced Student Data Extraction Script

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📅 2024-08-01 — Session: Enhanced Student Data Extraction Script

🕒 22:30–23:55
🏷️ Labels: Python, Selenium, Beautifulsoup, Web Scraping, Data Extraction
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The primary aim of this session was to develop and enhance a Python script using Selenium and BeautifulSoup for extracting student data from web pages efficiently.

Key Activities

  • Developed a Python script utilizing Selenium and BeautifulSoup to extract student information from web pages.
  • Ensured data was stored in Pandas DataFrames and exported to CSV files, avoiding duplicates by checking URL IDs.
  • Modified the Selenium script to manage browser sessions and tabs effectively, improving error handling and robustness.
  • Addressed deprecation warnings and index errors in the data extraction script.
  • Updated the script to replace the append method with pd.concat in Pandas for better performance.
  • Implemented checks for handling empty tables during data extraction.

Achievements

  • Successfully created a robust data extraction script that handles sessions and errors efficiently.
  • Improved the script’s performance and reliability by addressing deprecation warnings and optimizing DataFrame operations.

Pending Tasks

  • Further testing of the script in diverse environments to ensure consistent performance.
  • Explore additional optimizations for handling large datasets.

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