Web Scraping Tutorial with Scrapy and Python for Beginners - fetch( ) Response

The video tutorial demonstrates how to use the Scrapy shell to fetch responses from URLs, extract elements, and manipulate data. It starts by explaining how to initiate the shell without a URL, then shows how to use the fetch function to retrieve responses. The tutorial covers extracting elements like H3A tags and their attributes, and concludes with fetching data from different URLs, such as a travel page, to demonstrate the versatility of the Scrapy shell.

What is the initial step to start the Scrapy shell without a URL?

• Provide a default URL

• Enter a random URL

• Use the command 'creepy shell' and hit enter

• Use the command 'scrapy start'

Which function is used to fetch a response from a URL in Scrapy shell?

• fetch()

• request()

• retrieve()

• get_response()

How can you extract the first link element from the response object?

• By using the last index

• By using the index zero

• By using the index one

• By using the middle index

What attribute can be extracted from a link element using the response object?

• The link's title

• The link's background

• The link's font size

• The link's color

What is the first title extracted from the travel page using the fetch function?

• The Great Wall

• The Himalayas

• The Sahara Desert

• The Amazon Rainforest