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SUMMARY:Finding the Data: Web Scraping with Python to Find the Best Valentine's Day Gift
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is offered as part of International Love Data 
 Week 2026 “Where’s the Data?”-themed programming.\n\nNote: This is a 
 hands-on workshop\, so please bring your laptop computer. Set up 
 instructions to download and install Python and the necessary libraries 
 will be sent prior to the workshop.\n\nWhere is the data and how do you 
 find it? For something even as simple as buying a product online\, there is 
 an overwhelming amount of information to parse. With the wealth of 
 information on the internet\, how do you get just the data you need to make 
 an informed decision on what to buy? One solution is web scraping\, an 
 automated technique used to collect\, parse\, and store data and 
 information from web pages. In this hands-on workshop\, participants will 
 learn how to build a web scraper using Python and the BeautifulSoup library 
 to analyze online product reviews. By the end of the workshops\, 
 participants will use their new skills to crawl the web in search of the 
 best Valentine’s Day gift for their loved one.\n\nSpecifically\, 
 participants will:\n\n\n	Build a web scraper using Python and the 
 BeautifulSoup library\n	Understand how web data is stored in HTML\n	Discuss 
 the ethical implications of data ownership and the related limitations of 
 web scraping\n	Build a personalized dataset of product data and 
 reviews\n\n\nThis workshop provides a basic\, introductory overview of web 
 scraping. Basic familiarity with Python and/or simple coding concepts is 
 recommended. Basic understanding of HTML is recommended\, but not 
 necessary. \n\n
LOCATION:Sorrells Library\, Den\, Sorrells Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Erin Higgins":MAILTO:ehiggin2@andrew.cmu.edu
CATEGORIES:Open Science, Working With Data and Code
CONTACT;CN="Erin Higgins":MAILTO:ehiggin2@andrew.cmu.edu
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