Instant Web Scraping with Java by Ryan Mitchell

by Ryan Mitchell

This book is full of short, concise recipes to learn a variety of useful web scraping techniques using Java. You will start with a simple basic recipe of setting up your Java environment and gradually learn some more advanced recipes such as using complex Scrapers.Instant Web Scraping with Java is aimed at developers who, while not necessarily familiar with Java, are at least ready to dive into the complexities of this language with simple, step-by-step instructions leading the way. It is assumed that you have at least an intermediate knowledge of HTML, some knowledge of MySQL, and access to an Internet-connected computer while doing most of the exercises (after all, scraping the Web is difficult if your code can t get online!)

Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Ahmed Dalatony · Rating 3 out of 5]

very good introduction to web scraping using java.
source code isn't working, but with some modification it will work fine

[Joachim Van · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is mostly an attempt to teach Java. The web scraping bits are quite superficial and don't go beyond the obvious.