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Disclaimer: Scraping content from websites is often forbidden by terms of service and can violate copyright law. This article doesn't condone in any way activities that might contravene regulations or laws. One of the most compelling aspects of programming is automating dull tasks. Grabbing data from web is a repetetive job and a prime candidate for scripting. These are some notes from my own dabbling in web scraping over the years. Components In my view, web scraping can be broadly delegated...