In the previous tutorial I showed you how to grab the following from any sites rss feed using Python:
This is known as website scraping and it is the major component used by all automated website applications. One thing I didn’t cover is how to strip the html tags from those articles, so I’ll do that in this video.
I while back I showed you how to Make Money Blogging by setting up a simple automated WordPress blog using WP-O-Matic. I was then asked for an automated site that allowed for more robust article grabbing.
In the video below I show you how to grab content from any website and then send that to the Postie WordPress Plugin, that will post it to your site automatically. Here is an article on How to Use Postie.
In this video, I provide a bunch of examples on how to use Regular Expressions in Python. I show you how to search for numerous different types of data and output and manipulate that data.
I’ve provided all of the code after the video and if you have any questions, leave them in the comment section below.
In the next article, I’ll show you how to grab information from any web page and do what ever you want with that information.
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In this tutorial, I continue teaching you how to use Regular Expressions. I specifically go over the numerous functions available in the Python programming language that you can use for searches.
I will explain how to:
Here is a Regex Tutorial Video that will get you Regular Expression Matching like a pro. You can think of this as a Regular Expression Reference that you can come back to whenever you need to brush up.
I cover all of the codes used in Regex and give ever more complex examples until you understand.
This is just Regex Tutorial video 1 in a long series of video’s. I’ll specifically cover how to use Regular Expressions in Python, in the next video. And, if you prefer reading this information, refer to this article Regular Expressions.