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Web Scraping Overview Web scraping is the automated process of extracting data from websites. Unlike manual copy-pasting, web scrapers use software to parse a website's HTML code, identify specific data points, and store them in structured formats like CSV, Excel, or JSON. How Web Scraping Works Request: The scraper sends an HTTP request to a specific URL. Loading: The scraper downloads the page content (HTML, and sometimes CSS/JavaScript). Parsing: The software analyzes the code to locate the target data (e.g., product prices, contact info, news headlines). Extraction & Storage: The desired data is filtered, cleaned, and saved into a database or file. Ethical & Legal Best Practices Check robots.txt: Always check website.com/robots.txt to see which areas the site owner restricts from crawlers. Respect the Server: Do not overwhelm a website with requests. Implement "rate limiting" (throttling), ad...