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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.

JM

Dec 2, 2016

I have not found an easy way to learn how to code with python language. Mentor are really helpful and Dr Chuck is one of the most self explain professor that I have met in my three university career.

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By Xilin W

Jul 31, 2017

This course is amazing!!!!!!

It is harder than the beginning courses, but every time I turn in the assignment I feel really excited.

By mark k

Jun 29, 2017

great course - great lectures, great video content. Easy to follow and good assignment which help the content come alive.

thanks

Mark

By Jayven C

Dec 6, 2015

Dr. Chuck is an awesome educator and his passion to develop and expand MOOCs to address our outdated education system is inspiring.

By Martin W

Nov 20, 2015

Great style of teaching and the material is excellent, a great introduction for users of data (esp external data and through API's)

By Antonio V

Oct 8, 2020

Excellent course to get started in handling data found on the web, understand that it is an API, SOA, in addition to XML and JSON.

By Shruti G

Sep 29, 2020

Sir has made this course much interesting by teaching us JSON, APIs, socket and much more. Course content is clear to understand.

By Jadeja v

Oct 6, 2019

mind-blowing!! , amazing course i have no word to define the level, of course, it is for the beginner as well as the intermittent

By Christian K

Jun 22, 2019

Give the foundations how to handle different kind of data structures, like xml and json and how to retrieve that data from an url.

By Sergei V

Aug 3, 2018

The basic knowledge of using Python for WEB. That is what I was looking for. Super. Brilliant. Thanks to Cousera, Thanks to Chuck

By Jesus M E R

Nov 6, 2017

Muy buen curso. Ideal para comenzar a aprender sobre los componentes de la web, además sobre como extraer datos de forma sencilla.

By Prithvi I

Sep 15, 2017

Its a great course. Dr. Chuck has outdone himself with this. The ample examples were really helpful in understanding the concepts!

By Sumner R

Dec 6, 2015

The instructor and the material actually help you learn, instead of just throwing you in the deep and expect you to figure it out.

By Harshit G

Nov 11, 2023

It is an awesome course, I learnt web scraping with python and how to talk to web. It was an amazing learning experience overall.

By POSHENG Y

Feb 15, 2023

this course the you from reading text to parse data from webpage and integrate skills you learn from former courses. it's great!

By Tim S

Mar 13, 2022

Great intro for those working on the Python specialization to see how Python translates to work programmers do in the real world.

By Scott K

Mar 10, 2021

Each time I take another course, I am amazed at the level of passion and expertise you provide to keep me engaged. Much thanks!!

By Muhammad R I

Feb 28, 2021

it helps me to improve my knowledge and skills. the instructor teaches the material with explanations that are easy to understand

By BALACHANDAR G

Jul 27, 2020

Dr. Chuck was an excellent Faculty. Now I was very interested in learning web access using python. The course extremely Excellent

By Ivan L

May 26, 2020

the lectures and exercises are great and made me learn quickly concepts with which I had never had any contact before! thank you!

By Tarit G

Jan 17, 2020

Dr Chuck is an amazing teacher. He teaches like a storyteller. It becomes very easy to understand when I have a teacher like him.

By Dean B S

Aug 22, 2017

As with the other courses in this specialisation, I loved the course, the instructor Dr Chuck and I'm thoroughly enjoying Python!

By Anukarsh S

Jun 23, 2017

Awesome course! It was wonderful studying python to extract and use web data using json and xml. Charles is an amazing teacher :)

By Saurabh S

Feb 6, 2016

special thanks to Dr chuck

And a request for office hours in INDIA.

May be I will get a chance to meet him.

I will be very thankful.

By Al F

Dec 20, 2015

I found the course most enjoyable and the material all meat and no fluff - it taught exactly what it set out to teach - impressed

By dorris l

Nov 19, 2020

I love Dr. Chuck, I love Python, I love Coursera, I love DOST Caraga. Thank you for this opportunity. This is a great blessing.