Using Selenium to Scrape the Web
So far, we have learned about some Python libraries, web and API-based technologies, data-finding and locating elements, extraction techniques, and plenty of data-related services in Chapters 1 to 7.
Selenium automates browsers – a quote from https://www.selenium.dev/, and it is primarily a collection of tools also known as a testing framework. Selenium is used to automate the web (applications, website forms, and much more) for testing purposes. Along with testing using automation, there are many potential service cum task-based scenarios that can be performed and handled using Selenium. The Selenium framework consists of various modules or components. We will be using Selenium WebDriver.
In general, we will install and learn about Selenium WebDriver, use WebDriver to automate websites, and use Selenium to scrape data from the web.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to Selenium
- Using Selenium...
