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Scraping Media from the Web with Python

Scraping web media is different from scraping text-based data and can be complex. In this course, you'll learn the skills and gain the knowledge that will allow you to confidently acquire web media yourself.

Allen O'Neill - Pluralsight course - Scraping Media from the Web with Python
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What you'll learn

Unlike simple text-based scraping, scraping media from the web has differences that you need to be aware of. In this course, Scraping Media from the Web with Python, you’ll gain the ability to identify web media links and analyze the best method to acquire this data. First, you’ll explore different content types and extraction methods. Next, you’ll discover various tools to download the media. Finally, you’ll learn how to process the media once you have acquired it. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of scraping web media needed to successfully identify, analyze, download, and process web media based data.

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Allen O'Neill - Pluralsight course - Scraping Media from the Web with Python
Allen O'Neill

Allen is a chartered engineer with a background in enterprise systems. A Microsoft MVP, he writes for CodeProject, C-SharpCorner and DZone. Core technology interests are Big Data and Machine Learning, using these to create intelligent agents for the web. He is also a ball throwing slave to his family dogs.

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