Web Scraping with Python: Extracting Price Data from Avnet.com

Prerequisites

Before we get started, ensure you have the following:

Python installed on your computer.

Necessary Python libraries installed: requests, BeautifulSoup, pymongo, and pandas. You can install them using pip.

pip install requests beautifulsoup4 pymongo pandas openpyxl

MongoDB installed and running locally. You can download it from the official MongoDB website

(https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community).

Step 1: Setting Up the Environment

Let's begin by creating a Python script to scrape data from Avnet.com. We'll import the required libraries and set up a connection to MongoDB.

Step 2: Fetching Price Data from Avnet.com

We'll start by fetching price data from a list of Avnet product URLs. For this example, we'll use a loop to iterate through the URLs and scrape the data.

Step 3: Saving Data as an Excel File

To make the data more accessible, we can save it as an Excel file.

Step 4: Automating Data Updates

To keep the data up-to-date, you can schedule this script to run at regular intervals using cron (Linux/macOS) or Task Scheduler (Windows). When the script runs, it will add, modify, or delete records in the MongoDB database based on the latest data from Avnet.com.

This concludes our tutorial on web scraping with Python to extract price data from Avnet.com. With the provided script, you can easily collect and maintain product data from the website, enabling you to make informed decisions and track changes over time.

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