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About the Book
Hopefully you learned a thing or two from my article I Don’t Need No Stinking API: Web Scraping For Fun and Profit. Due to the popularity of that article — almost 100,000 views — I decided to write an even more detailed survey of the field, full of all the web scraping tips and tricks I've picked up.
The goal of the book — The Ultimate Guide to Web Scraping — is to hone your skills and help you become master craftsman in the art of web scraping.
We'll talk about the reasons why web scraping is a valid way to harvest information — despite common complaints. We'll look at the various ways that information is sent from a website to a client's computer, and how you can intercept and parse it. We'll also look at common traps and anti-scraping tactics and how you might be able to thwart them.
If you have any specific questions, just mention me on Twitter and I'd be happy to help!
About the Author
Over the past few years, I’ve scraped dozens of websites — from music blogs and fashion retailers to the USPTO and undocumented JSON endpoints I found by inspecting network traffic in my browser. Along the way, I've learned a few tricks and found my way around some common pitfalls. I've been working on this book for months, putting everything I know into a single, ultimate guide.