Ratings and Reviews for Using Python to Access Web Data

Pretty straight forward to do assignments based on sample codes

This course has been a Godsend to me. I was so confused about so many things and all the other resources I could find out there just assumed that I knew things about which I was, in fact, clueless. I got the book and watched a lot of the lectures twice but in the end I really feel like I got it. The assignments were manageable and doable after the course lectures and I have gone back and done a number of them over again to solidify things in my mind. I feel like the web is my friend now, not a source of cheap tricks and booby traps. Thanks!

The course was a bit too shallow for me, the techniques shown are very basic examples of what can be learnt using stock python libraries (json, socket, urllib, ElementTree) or external (BeautifulSoup). I really expected something more, for instance authentication techniques, or methods to parse complex websites, rather or in addition to the basics shown here.

Cool

Simply Awesome!

Learned basic steps and techniques to access web data

Very fun and useful

I really enjoyed this course and found that I am feeling more confident with my skills from the previous two. However, as a point of improvement I would suggest making the final module a bit more challenging. Perhaps this was intentional but, although the final module introduces JSON well, I don't feel as though my skills improved while doing it. (Then again, the counter argument could be that it is good practice and repetition before moving on to anything too much harder...)

Excellent !!! Its an easy course but I learnt a lot.

Useful contents, very concise.