An introduction to scraping with Python and BeautifulSoup
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Published 11 months agoTue, 08 Jan 2019 22:34:09 -0800 | Last update 9 months agoMon, 11 Mar 2019 22:19:33 -0700 📌
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Very nice, as they say.
Other scraping methods
For those who don’t perhaps have the skills needed to code something there are also other...
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Very nice, as they say.
[Python] Solution to "ValueError: cannot convert float nan to integer?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:04:53 -0800
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If there are some scenarios where the value is actually not intended to be a number, this can also be solved with a try-catch block:
try:
#...
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If there are some scenari...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for - or / or + 'str'/'int'/'nonetype'/'list' and 'str'?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:57:52 -0800
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What the fuck is this question. This is like eight different errors. The answer is probably to cast something as something else. Look at this thread:...
August R. Garcia,
What the fuck is this que...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "int") to str?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:45:01 -0800
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Cast the integer to be a string.
# Probably something like this is causing the error
x = 3
text = "whatever"
# "TypeError: unsupported op...
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Cast the integer to be a...
[Python] Fixing "TypeError: only integer scalar arrays can be converted to a scalar index?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:54:12 -0800
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A simple case that generates this error message:
In [8]: [1,2,3,4,5][np.array([1])]
--------------------------------------------------------------...
Univa,
A simple case that genera...
[JavaScript] Fix for "Uncaught SyntaxError: unexpected token export/import/illegal?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:00:03 -0800
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In case you get this error it might also be related to how you included the javascript file into your html page. When loading modules you have to expl...
Univa,
In case you get this erro...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: this constructor takes no arguments?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:56:52 -0800
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Typeerror This Constructor Takes No Arguments Python Error error codes are caused, in one way or another, by misconfigured system files in your Window...
Univa,
Typeerror This Constructo...
[Python] Help with "ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2)?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:10:34 -0800
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Before posting any codes try using the formatting tools, sometimes it solves the problem.
You can also try pasting this code:
a_str,...
Univa,
Before posting any codes...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: 'bool' object is not iterable?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:39:20 -0800
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You probably have your code set up where some value can either be:
An array (or whatever) iterable object or
False or None (for when...
August R. Garcia,
You probably have your&nb...
Best way to rename part of filename in multiple files?
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Published 8 months agoTue, 19 Mar 2019 07:05:20 -0700
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This is the easiest and quickest way: 1. Open File Explorer. 2. Browse to the folder that includes all the files you want to rename. 3. Select the fir...
Edgelady43069,
This is the easiest and q...
[Python] Fix for "ValueError: unsupported pickle protocol: 3 (also 4)?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:11:14 -0800
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Pickle protocol can be simply referred to as the file format. The higher the protocol is, the more recent version of python is what you need to read t...
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Pickle protocol can be si...
[JavaScript] Fix for "TypeError document.getelementbyid is null?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:37:40 -0800

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This error TypeError: document.getelementbyid(...) is null would seem to indicate that there is no such element with an ID passed to getElementById()...
jacobhalls,
This error TypeError: doc...
[Python] How to fix "ValueError: no json object could be decoded?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:09:14 -0800
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Hello,
You're trying to decode a JSON string by the sound of it. The most common errors for these sorts of things are:
The JSON string is not...
Hash Brown,
Hello,
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:56:22 -0800
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>Can you find me a forum entry on a coding site that deals with fixing this exact type error?
k.
These errors are ususally created when you c...
Hash Brown,
>Can you find me a for...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: object of type ['filter'/'map'/'nonetype'/'response'] has no len()?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:53:42 -0800
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Python 3 docs say:
"Construct an iterator from those elements of iterable for which function returns true."
Source: https://docs.python...
Hash Brown,
Python 3 docs say:
[Python] How can I fix "TypeError: object of type 'int' has no len()?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:53:32 -0800
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Hello dude,
len() gets the length of a string. The data passed to it has to be a string, that's just how it works.
So if you're trying to pass a...
Hash Brown,
Hello dude,
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: 'unicode' object does not support item assignment?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:43:30 -0800
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You're trying to change a part of a string. That isn't supported by many object-oriented programming languages. Unicode objects like * are used to cha...
roxblade,
You're trying to change a...
[Python] How can I fix "TypeError: a float is required?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:43:50 -0800
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This error usually throws up when you think you're adding a float element to the argument but you're not.This problem most commonly arises from the us...
roxblade,
This error usually throws...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: can only concatenate list (not "str") to list?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:44:51 -0800
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Only lists can be cocatenated with other list elements. Only same data types can be cocatenated. Further, Python cannot convert the string element in...
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Only lists can be cocaten...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: can only concatenate tuple (not "str") to tuple?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:45:11 -0800
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Cocatenation only happens between similar data objects. Here, you must be trying to cocatenate a string with a tuple, which Python can't do. So, it th...
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Cocatenation only happens...
[Python] Solution to "TypeError: can't convert 'bytes' object to str implicitly?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:45:31 -0800
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This is an error that arises when you try to cocatenate two different data types. Bytes object cannot go with the string object. And the Python compil...
roxblade,
This is an error that ari...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:45:41 -0800
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What this error means is that you cannot be cocatenating a string with an int. The Python compiler would not be able to do the conversion by itself. T...
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What this error means is...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'/'str'?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:45:51 -0800
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You're probably using an XML parser which produces a string. So, the multiplication doesn't work, because it's not natural for Python. Strings cannot...
roxblade,
You're probably using an...
[Python] Fix for "TypeError: cannot concatenate a non-ndframe object?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 05:46:11 -0800
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Welcome to the world of Python! It can totally be a pain sometimes. More often than not, in my opinion. Now, this problem arises due to a number of re...
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Welcome to the world of P...
[Python] Solution to "ValueError: view function did not return a response?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:11:24 -0800
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This is not a very rare HTML problem. The Python function is basically returning nothing. It's a common coding problem. My advice would be checking th...
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This is not a very rare H...
[Python] Fix for "ValueError: x and y must be the same size?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:11:34 -0800
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Both arrays (NumPy or otherwise) need to be of the same dimension. This error throws up when one is 2D and another 1D. You can try printing both the a...
roxblade,
Both arrays (NumPy or oth...
[Python] How to fix "ValueError: x and y must have same first dimension?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:11:44 -0800
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It's quite self-explanatory. This happens in matplotlib graph plotting. You can first of all attempt making x and y NumPy arrays. NumPy is also a libr...
roxblade,
It's quite self-explanato...
[Python] Solution to "ValueError: zero length field name in format?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:11:54 -0800
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This is a common error in older Python versions, like Python 2.6.x. All you need to do is update to the latest version.
The problem arises because...
roxblade,
This is a common error in...
[Python] How can I fix "ValueError: zero-dimensional arrays cannot be concatenated?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:12:04 -0800
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np.cocatenate is not an easy process, to be honest. It creates more problems as well. Well, the simple truth here is that you need to arrange the arra...
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np.cocatenate is not an e...
[Python] How to fix "ValueError: zero-size array to reduction operation minimum/maximum which has no identity?"
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Published 11 months agoSun, 13 Jan 2019 06:12:14 -0800
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This problem usually arises because of using incorrect fmin syntax. Your code must be missing out on this. You need to utilize parentheses and comma i...
roxblade,
This problem usually aris...