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Go Web Scraping Quick Start Guide
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Go Web Scraping Quick Start Guide

by Vincent Smith
January 2019
Beginner
132 pages
3h 14m
English
Packt Publishing

Overview

In "Go Web Scraping Quick Start Guide", you'll learn how to harness the power of the Go programming language to scrape and crawl data from websites effectively. This book covers fundamental techniques and essential libraries such as Colly and Goquery, helping you efficiently extract useful data while understanding best practices and avoiding common pitfalls.

What this Book will help me do

  • Master web scraping techniques using Go and libraries like Colly and Goquery.
  • Understand HTTP request and response handling in the context of web scraping.
  • Explore web scraping navigation strategies to retrieve the data you need efficiently and effectively.
  • Learn to use Go's concurrency model for parallelized and scalable web scraping.
  • Protect your scrapers from being blocked by implementing proxies and best practices.

Author(s)

None Smith is an experienced Go developer with a passion for teaching and simplifying technical concepts. With a strong background in software development and web technologies, they bring a practical approach to mastering Go and web scraping. Their clear writing style helps readers gain hands-on knowledge in applying technology effectively.

Who is it for?

This book is perfect for data scientists and web developers who have some prior knowledge of Go and want to extend their skills to include effective web scraping. Whether you're looking to extract data for analysis or develop solutions for web crawling tasks, this book provides a step-by-step approach tailored to practical applications. It's especially suited for professionals aiming to expand their technical toolkit for data and web projects.

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781789615708