Scraping Examples

[jonthegeek]

Add an appendix with examples for scraping chapter, or maybe multiple appendices. That way you have control over the content + format, mostly at least. Or I guess consider putting it outside the book as raw html. In this repo or elsewhere? Deployed in github pages? Can the quarto site have static, unrelated html?

[jonthegeek]

1. A static table that's the only thing on the page. Content = ? Starting to work in some API terminology would be sneaky. Maybe the main sections of an OpenAPI 3.1 doc?
2. Multiple tables and/or weird formatting that makes html_table() a little painful. SelectorGadget needs to be easier than html_table, or at least clearer. A page with HTTP Request Methods in one table and HTTP Status Codes in a second might suffice. Probably need to format something weird to freak out html_table.
3. Structured content not in a table, like the {rvest} Star Wars data. A collection of Xpath rules would be fantastic, if I can put something together (or reshare something with an appropriate license).
4. Structured content in a particular cell of 1 of 2 tables on a page, to show piping / using Xpath directly. Include images so that one of the things we grab can be src's of those images. Images are a great example for this, actually.
5. Can I ~easily deploy something that requires a session? If so, do that. Might require something like Netlify, but I also MIGHT be able to do simple (non-secure) session stuff purely via HTML/GitHub Pages.
6. Probably a page with HTTP request methods and status codes, to slyly