Explore web scraping techniques and their application to Covid-19 data collection in this comprehensive 2.5-hour tutorial. Learn the basics of HTML structure and practice with two general examples before diving into specific Covid-19 related scraping scenarios. Gain hands-on experience using provided notebooks, and conclude with a discussion on the ethical considerations of web scraping. Develop valuable skills for extracting and analyzing online data in the context of public health research.
Overview
Syllabus
Web scraping and Covid-19: Introduction.
Web scraping and Covid-19: html.
Web scraping and Covid-19: Example 1.
Web scraping and Covid-19: Example 2.
Web scraping and Covid-19: Covid 1.
Web scraping and Covid-19: Covid 2.
Web scraping and Covid-19: Ethics-and-conclusion.
Web Scraping and Covid 19: notebooks.
Taught by
NCRMUK
