Web scraping 211: Rvest and RCrawler for R
Web scraping 211: Rvest and RCrawler for R
Programmatic tools like R make web scraping simpler and more transparent, and allow scaling to multiple pages using crawlers. Learn how to automate collection and extraction of data from multiple related webpages with R libraries Rvest and RCrawler and work with the extracted data. Participants need a computer with R and RStudio installed (directions will be sent after registration) as well as basic experience working with data in R and familiarity with XPath (equivalent to Web scraping 101) to fully participate. The workshop is adapted from episode 4 of the Library Carpentry Web Scraping curriculum.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 business days prior to the event.
- Date:
- Thursday, November 17, 2022
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Torgersen 3310 Classroom
- Campus:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Alumni Beginners Faculty/Staff Graduate Students Public Undergraduates
- Categories:
- Workshop > Data Science Workshop
Social Science Data Consultant and Data Education Coordinator