Re: Extracting web data

Deb Midya <debmidya-/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.web
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Joost,
 
Thank you very much for your response.
 
I have found that there is no binary file of lxml in the package index of python.org.
 
I am using Python 2.6 on Windows XP.
 
Is there any alternative solution?
 
Once again, thank you very much for the time you have given.
 
Regards,
 
Deb

--- On Mon, 21/2/11, Joost Molenaar <[email protected]> wrote:


From: Joost Molenaar <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Web-SIG] Extracting web data
To: "Deb Midya" <debmidya-/[email protected]>
Received: Monday, 21 February, 2011, 5:19 PM



You should look at lxml, it knows how to parse HTML and XML and lets you use XPath to find the data you need.
Joost Molenaar

Op 21 feb 2011 05:28 schreef "Deb Midya" <debmidya-/[email protected]>:






Hi Python web-sig users,
 
Thanks in advance and I am new to web-sig.
 
I am using Python 2.6 on Windows XP.
 
May I request you to assist me for the following please.
 
I like to extract web data from the site (http://finance.yahoo.com, for example).
 
The data may include Historical Prices, Key Statistics, News & Info, Headlines, etc. for a list of codes (such WOW, .... these are codes for company Ids). 
 
I am trying to automate the extraction of data.
 
Is there any Python module or any assistance please?
 
Once again, thank you very much for the time you have given.
 
Regards,
 
Deb
 
 
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