Introduction to Web Scraping
February 27, 2024
1pm - 4:30 PST
UC Santa Barbara Library, Room 2509
Instructors: Renata Curty, Seth Erickson, Jose NiƱo Muriel
Helpers: Kristi Liu
This workshop introduces tools for turning web pages into analyzable data. We will explore common web scraping scenarios and learn how to use XPath and a web browser to extract data from websites without needing to write code. We will also discuss the ethics of web scraping.