Using Python for Automation

Introduction

• Automate everything with Python
• Check out the course prerequisites
• Set up your coding environment and tools

1. Automating Data Manipulation and Validation

• Read files with Python
• Write files with Python
• Use Python's command-line interface
• Organize directories with Python
• Parse data with Python
• Extract data with regular expressions
• Validate inputs with automation
• Prepare for error handling
• Automate error handling

2. Web Scraping with Automation

• Use BeautifulSoup for automating web scraping
• Explore HTML structure
• Inspect your data source
• Request and parse HTML code
• Extract data from HTML code
• Prepare for scraping multiple pages
• Scrape multiple pages

3. Web Browsing with Automation

• Use Selenium for automating web browsing
• Automate basic browser interactions
• Automate drag and drop functionality
• Explore waiting strategies with Selenium
• Implement explicit wait with Selenium

4. Leveraging APIs for Automation

• Identify the value of APIs for automation
• Make API requests in Python
• Parse API responses in Python with JSON
• Use API keys in Python
• Connect information between APIs

Conclusion

• Unlock resources and next steps