📅 2025-01-16 — Session: Refactored HTML contact extraction with Python
🕒 17:30–18:00
🏷️ Labels: Python, Beautifulsoup, Data Extraction, HTML, JSON
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The goal of this session was to refine and debug a Python script for extracting contact information from HTML files using BeautifulSoup, and to save the extracted data in both CSV and JSON formats.
Key Activities
- Developed a Python script using BeautifulSoup to extract contact information from styled HTML files.
- Debugged the script to improve accuracy in data extraction, specifically addressing issues with text matching and formatting.
- Implemented strategies for parsing HTML tables and extracting field names and values.
- Outlined a workflow for saving extracted data in JSON format, ensuring data cleanliness and file size efficiency.
Achievements
- Successfully extracted structured data from HTML elements and saved it in CSV and JSON formats.
- Improved the script’s accuracy in parsing and extracting contact information.
- Developed a strategy for verifying field mapping and enhancing data usability.