Development of an Automated Web Application for Efficient Web Scraping: Design and Implementation

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Autori principali: Dutta, Alok, Roy, Nilanjana, Sen, Rhythm, Dutta, Sougata, Das, Prabhat
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Dutta, Alok
Roy, Nilanjana
Sen, Rhythm
Dutta, Sougata
Das, Prabhat
author_facet Dutta, Alok
Roy, Nilanjana
Sen, Rhythm
Dutta, Sougata
Das, Prabhat
contents This paper presents the design and implementation of a user-friendly, automated web application that simplifies and optimizes the web scraping process for non-technical users. The application breaks down the complex task of web scraping into three main stages: fetching, extraction, and execution. In the fetching stage, the application accesses target websites using the HTTP protocol, leveraging the requests library to retrieve HTML content. The extraction stage utilizes powerful parsing libraries like BeautifulSoup and regular expressions to extract relevant data from the HTML. Finally, the execution stage structures the data into accessible formats, such as CSV, ensuring the scraped content is organized for easy use. To provide personalized and secure experiences, the application includes user registration and login functionalities, supported by MongoDB, which stores user data and scraping history. Deployed using the Flask framework, the tool offers a scalable, robust environment for web scraping. Users can easily input website URLs, define data extraction parameters, and download the data in a simplified format, without needing technical expertise. This automated tool not only enhances the efficiency of web scraping but also democratizes access to data extraction by empowering users of all technical levels to gather and manage data tailored to their needs. The methodology detailed in this paper represents a significant advancement in making web scraping tools accessible, efficient, and easy to use for a broader audience.
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spellingShingle Development of an Automated Web Application for Efficient Web Scraping: Design and Implementation
Dutta, Alok
Roy, Nilanjana
Sen, Rhythm
Dutta, Sougata
Das, Prabhat
Information Retrieval
Software Engineering
This paper presents the design and implementation of a user-friendly, automated web application that simplifies and optimizes the web scraping process for non-technical users. The application breaks down the complex task of web scraping into three main stages: fetching, extraction, and execution. In the fetching stage, the application accesses target websites using the HTTP protocol, leveraging the requests library to retrieve HTML content. The extraction stage utilizes powerful parsing libraries like BeautifulSoup and regular expressions to extract relevant data from the HTML. Finally, the execution stage structures the data into accessible formats, such as CSV, ensuring the scraped content is organized for easy use. To provide personalized and secure experiences, the application includes user registration and login functionalities, supported by MongoDB, which stores user data and scraping history. Deployed using the Flask framework, the tool offers a scalable, robust environment for web scraping. Users can easily input website URLs, define data extraction parameters, and download the data in a simplified format, without needing technical expertise. This automated tool not only enhances the efficiency of web scraping but also democratizes access to data extraction by empowering users of all technical levels to gather and manage data tailored to their needs. The methodology detailed in this paper represents a significant advancement in making web scraping tools accessible, efficient, and easy to use for a broader audience.
title Development of an Automated Web Application for Efficient Web Scraping: Design and Implementation
topic Information Retrieval
Software Engineering
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21831