Ojas-Arora / Web-Scrapping-Using-Selenium

Easily scrape dynamic, JavaScript-driven sites with Selenium! This repo guides you through 🌍 automated navigation, 📝 data extraction from complex page elements, and ⚠️ error handling to manage loading delays. Just install Selenium, 🔧 set up the WebDriver, and dive into the example scripts to get started! 🚀📊

🔍 Unleashing the Power of Selenium for 🕸️Web Scraping

🖥️ Selenium is basically a Web Browser Automation Tool, which simulates a user surfing the Internet. It allows —

1. 🖱️ Clicking buttons

2. ⌨️ Entering information in forms

3. 🔍 Searching for specific information on the web pages

🖥️ Selenium came into existence to overcome the limitations 🚫 of Beautiful Soup, allowing for interaction with dynamic content and JavaScript-heavy websites.

🛠️ Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following tools set up 🔧:

1. Python 🐍

2. Selenium WebDriver 🕵️‍♀️

3. Browser Driver (e.g., ChromeDriver) 🌐

• To install Selenium, use the following command:

  pip install selenium

• 🔧Remeber to download the appropriate WebDriver for your browser from here 🖥️.

• ⬇️ Download the appropriate version of ChromeDriver 🛠️ compatible with your Chrome browser 🌐 version.