Web Scraping Using Pyhton & BeautifulSoup 4
Web Scraping Using Python and (BeautifulSoup) By: Maroof Tahir and Faisal Rafiq Introduction In this post, we'll walk through a proje ct that revolves around scraping and visualizing cricket data from ESPN Cricinfo . This proje ct was an exciting venture into web scraping, data cleaning, and visualization, offering insights into the ICC rankings , top players, and teams' performances across various formats. Project Phases: Data Collection : We scraped the data from ESPN Cricinfo using APIs. Data Cleaning : This phase involved dealing with missing values and organizing the data into a clean format. Data Storage : The cleaned data was stored in CSV files for further analysis. Data Visualization : Various charts and graphs were created to display metrics like player rankings and team performance. Breaking Down the Process 1. Data Collection The first step was to gather data from ESPN Cricinfo using web scraping techniques . We used libraries like BeautifulSoup and Requests to e...