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Python Scraping Data From the Web A World Full of Spiders Everyone Loves Charlotte

Posted by sara calle
sara calle
226 Points

Index.html???? what is this?

why index.html

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points

On most web servers, "index.html" is the file name of the default page (also known as "landing" page), which is generally the first page you see when you visit a web site.

This name is just a convention and the actual name of the default page can be set by server configuration if a different name is needed or desired.