Extract Data From the Web Using Python Libraries

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Extract data from the web using Python libraries

Question 1

What is the correct syntax to install the requests package using pip?

Question 2
Which of the following best describes web scraping?
- Collecting data from different databases and saving it to a .csv or .txt file.
- Extracting data from many different sources, transforming the data, and then loading it into a database.
- An automated process for retrieving data from the web.
- A process enabling individuals to not have to manually copy and paste data from a website.
- An automated process for collecting data from multiple computers and saving it.

Question 3

Questions 3-6 rely on the following HTML code snippet.

<html>
<head> <title> Fast & Healthy Meal Prep </title> </head>
<body>
<p class = “introduction”><i>These recipes are perfect when you are on the go and need to eat healthy. </i></p>
<p class= “methods”> When you are on the go and still want to have a healthy, hearty, and quick meal follow these recipes:
<a href="http://example.com/breakfast" class="recipe" id="link1">Breakfast Recipes</a>,
<a href="http://example.com/lunch" class="recipe” id="link2">Lunch Recipes</a> and
<a href="http://example.com/dinner" class="recipe" id="link3">Dinner Recipes</a>;
</p>
</body>
</html>

Load this HTML into your Python code using Beautiful Soup, with the variable named soup .

What is the output of the following code?

soup.title.string

Extract Data From the Web Using Python Libraries

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