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When performing data science tasks, it’s common to want to use data found on the internet. You’ll usually be able to access this data in <em>CSV format</em>, or via an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface">Application Programming Interface</a> (API). However, there are times when the data you want can only be accessed as part of a web page. In cases like this, you’ll want to use a technique called <strong>web scraping</strong> to get the data from the web page into a format you can work within your analysis.