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🌀️ Weather Data Scraper with Selenium & BeautifulSoup 🌐

Welcome to the Weather Data Scraper repository! This project is designed to fetch weather data from various websites without relying on their APIs, utilizing the power of Selenium and BeautifulSoup. πŸš€

πŸ“‹ Project Overview

This web scraper is capable of:

  • 🌐 Navigating dynamic web pages
  • πŸ” Extracting detailed weather information
  • πŸ•’ Fetching historical weather data for time series analysis

🎯 Key Benefits

  • Dynamic Content Handling: With Selenium, the scraper can interact with JavaScript-driven content, ensuring all dynamic elements are fully loaded before extraction. ⏳
  • HTML Parsing: BeautifulSoup simplifies HTML parsing, allowing for easy extraction of weather data such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and more. πŸŒ‘οΈπŸ’§πŸ’¨
  • Customizable: The scraper can be customized to target different websites and extract various types of data as per your needs. πŸ› οΈ

πŸ“ˆ Use Case: Time Series Weather Analysis

For my time series project, accurate and comprehensive weather data was essential. Here's how this scraper was beneficial:

  • Consistency: Automated data extraction ensured consistency and reduced the risk of human error. πŸ€–
  • Efficiency: The scraper collected large datasets quickly, which was crucial for building a robust time series model. ⏱️
  • Scalability: Easy to scale for different locations and time periods, providing a wide range of data for in-depth analysis. 🌍

🀝 Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests to help improve this project. πŸ‘

πŸ“„ License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. πŸ“œ

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