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This course will show how one can treat the Internet as a source of data. We will scrape, parse, and read web data as well as access data using web APIs. We will work with HTML, XML, and JSON data formats in Python. This course will cover Chapters 11-13 of the textbook “Python for Everybody”. To succeed in this course, you should be familiar with the material covered in Chapters 1-10 of the textbook and the first two courses in this specialization. These topics include variables and expressions, conditional execution (loops, branching, and try/except), functions, Python data structures (strings, lists, dictionaries, and tuples), and manipulating files. This course covers Python 3....
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SM

Jun 18, 2020

This course was really interesting and did a good job introducing complicated topics in usefully simplified form. It was a pleasure to listen to the instructor and I got everything I wanted out of it.

AB

Jun 6, 2019

Getting a bit more challenging than the earlier courses in the specialization. The exercises require more struggle, but all the information is there. Another step along the way. Thank you, Dr. Chuck!

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By Pushparagam T

May 4, 2020

Excellent course, gives a nice understanding of the xml, json and APIs which I thought, I can never learn

By Hana D

Oct 8, 2019

Materials are very detail and suitable for beginners. It makes me feel excited for solving the assignment

By MD S K

Mar 18, 2019

Really nice course. Most interesting, the faculty is a good tutor in all respect!! Keep going Dr. Chuck!!

By Ivan G

Feb 1, 2019

Great course! Thanks Dr. Chuck for being so instructive. I will continue to complete all of your courses!

By Li 이 연

Jul 22, 2018

The course is becoming more and more challenging. To complete the course need more and more perseverance.

By Oliverio J S J

Dec 31, 2017

This is a great course. I have learned not only Python but also a lot of things about how Internet works.

By Jiaojiao Z

Mar 26, 2017

I love this subject and I learn a lot about how to use python to access web data. Dr.Chuck is so humorous

By 杨奋奋

Nov 27, 2016

Dr Chuck has a great sense of humor. I've learned a lot form this lesson. Thanks to all of you great job.

By Neil B

Dec 19, 2015

Thorough and comprehensive course with many worked examples. The additional material is very interesting!

By Aaron T

Nov 13, 2015

Dr. Chuck is awesome. He explains the course material in a way that is interesting, fun, and informative.

By Mahmudul I ,

Apr 30, 2023

Great content. Got stuck in some assignments but after revisiting the materials, could finish it myself.

By Leo S

Jan 3, 2022

Dr. Chuck is amazing, one of the best teachers I've had. He is fun and engaging, and makes learning fun

By Illia L

Nov 25, 2020

Very good, but some more specific examples would be good. I found it very hard to do week 4 assignments.

By Trevor A G

Nov 9, 2020

Excellent introductory course to Python. I especially enjoyed the interviews and other bonus materials.

By Gardiye H G C D S

Sep 24, 2020

Thank you Dr.Chuck. Your teaching method is very successful. I learnt a lot on this topic as a newcomer.

By Shuaib H

Sep 13, 2020

good course, very informative, easy to understand and helpful. helps you build confidence in the subject

By Yahampath A S Y P

Aug 19, 2020

I faced some difficulty in the last weeks of this course. But I will try more to overcome my weaknesses.

By Diego F L C

Aug 18, 2020

Excelente curso para conocer el temas de acceso a datos en la web, con dos formatos de datos XML y JSON.

By Phonkrit B

Jul 5, 2020

It is a really great introductory course without going too deep into each topic. Pacing is really great.

By Joshua M

Apr 8, 2019

Accessing data from the web makes it feel real, by reaching out to the dynamic always changing internet.

By Sudarshan M B

May 12, 2018

Awesome course and assignments! Thank you Dr. Chuck for making coding easy to learn for newbies like me!

By Magesh M

Apr 17, 2018

Very easy approach adopted to describe how python programming can be used to access web data. Excellent.

By Brandon P

Oct 29, 2017

Dr. Chuck is the greatest instructor. I was able to get help from a mentor quickly when I did get stuck.

By Sashi B

Jun 19, 2017

Great introductory course for understanding basics of web scraping and analyzing XML, JSON data formats!

By Daitao X

Jan 21, 2017

This is an easy course ,but materials is clear and useful!

Professor explain every concepts very clearly.