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Python

Posted by Alexander Zhang
Alexander Zhang
4,312 Points

Course for getting data out of servers in html forms using python.

I took some HTML and python courses, and I want to learn how to use python to get data from an HTML form. I know that I can also use Ruby or PHP, but is there any course for using python? Thank you!

2 Answers

Or Kramer
Or Kramer
3,072 Points

If you mean to scrape data from am HTML page:

Basic staff you can do with XPATH : http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/scenarios/scrape/

for more complicated staff you should use BeautifulSoup or Scrapy extensions:

BeautifulSoup reference: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/scenarios/scrape/

Scrapy reference: http://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/intro/tutorial.html

Goodluck :)

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,863 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,863 Points

Hey Alexander,

FIrst, a disclaimer. Python is my least favorite language, so my advice is not written in stone. :)

There are a few Frameworks that you could have a look at. But I would suggest having a look at Django.

Keep Coding! :) :dizzy: