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Re: web scraping

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On 12/10/2013 15:12, Ronald Routt wrote:
> 	I am new to programming and trying to figure out python.
>
> I am trying to learn which tools and tutorials I need to use along with some good beginner tutorials in scraping the the web.  The end result I am trying to come up with is scraping auto dealership sites for the following:
>
> 1.Name of dealership
> 2.  State where dealership is located
> 3.  Name of Owner, President or General Manager
> 4.  Email address of number 3 above
> 5.  Phone number of dealership
>
> Note:  Many times the Owner, President or General Manager and their email address is under a tab on the website such as "Meet our team" or "Support".  Sometimes this information is not available on the website.
>
> I sure would appreciate any help I can get to get me on the right track.  From what I have read so far, believe I have to use urllib but know nothing about how to us it..
>
> Thanks
> ronroutt@gmail.com
>

Take a look at this http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/

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Mark Lawrence

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