Web Scraping
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Introduction to Web Scraping
Introduction to Web Scraping
In this lesson, we will introduce the concept of web scraping, and inspect the Chicago Point website to determine which information we would like to incorporate.
Downloading Web Data to Alteryx
Downloading Web Data to Alteryx
Learn how to connect Alteryx to a website containing the information and download the required data.
Starting the Parsing Process
Starting the Parsing Process
In this lesson, we will use the RegEx tool to parse data from the Chicago Point website.
Cleaning Data with RegEx
Cleaning Data with RegEx
We'll continue where we left off in the previous lesson and run through how to use the RegEx tool to clean the backgammon tournament data.
Converting Non-Standard Characters
Converting Non-Standard Characters
Cross-referencing website data that includes special characters, such as letters with accents, can present mismatch issues. In this lesson we will reference another website to convert such characters into a standard format, facilitating downstream analysis.
Generating Geocoordinates
Generating Geocoordinates
Learn how to utilize the Google Maps Geocoding API on the Google Developers Console to generate longitude-latitude coordinates for a sample of our data.
Importing API Data
Importing API Data
In this lesson, we will test our API data to ensure that it is correct, and download API data for all entries in the dataset.
Creating Map Points
Creating Map Points
In this lesson, we will further clean the dataset and create map points for each unique tournament entry in the dataset.
Generating the Report
Generating the Report
In this final lesson on web scraping, we will combine the different datasets we have downloaded and cleaned, into a single report incorporating map points and segmented by country.
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