From the course: Web Scraping with Python
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Finding and using hidden APIs - Python Tutorial
From the course: Web Scraping with Python
Finding and using hidden APIs
- [Instructor] One of the most important skills you can develop as a web scraper is your powers of investigation. So you can see the data right there, right on your screen. But also you need to know how it got there, right? Where it is, other sources of that data. You need to kind of understand how the website's working. So let's take an example that's kind of near and dear to my heart, Dunkin' Donuts. Now, something you never need to do where I live in the Boston area is search for a Dunkin' Donuts location. We typically just walk out of our front door and there's one right there, you know. But for the sake of example, let's check out the Dunkin' Donuts location finder. And I promise Dunkin' Donuts did not pay me for this, but you know, if they want to, I do accept free coffee. If I enter my zip code, 02155, I see 10 Dunkin' Donuts right there. And here's the one that's closest to my house for any fans seeking autographs.…
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