Excel and the World Wide Web Straight to the Point
eBook - ePub

Excel and the World Wide Web Straight to the Point

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Excel and the World Wide Web Straight to the Point

About this book

Unlock the Power of Web Data with Excel

Do you have an Excel workbook that needs to regularly harvest data from a web page? Excel and the World Wide Web: Straight to the Point is for you! This guide covers various methods for getting data from the web, from VBA to Selenium to Power Query. Learn to navigate the complexities of getting data from the Modern Web and the lack of VBA support in Microsoft Edge.

Discover how to:

  • Automate web data extraction
  • Integrate web data into Excel seamlessly
  • Improve data analysis workflows
  • Master VBA, Selenium, and Power Query

For Excel users, business analysts, and data professionals looking to boost productivity and efficiency.

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Table of contents

  1. About the Author
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Code used in this book
  4. Getting Started
  5. What is HTML?
  6. Performing Queries
  7. Querying with VBA
  8. Interacting with Sites without using a Browser
  9. What is JSON?
  10. Getting data from the Web programmatically
  11. Getting data from Web page elements
  12. Posting data over the Internet
  13. Authenticated requests
  14. Internet Explorer and VBA
  15. Transferring a Web table to the worksheet
  16. Working with events
  17. Introducing Selenium
  18. Installing Selenium
  19. Internet Explorer and Selenium
  20. Google Chrome and VBA
  21. Running JavaScript on a page
  22. Using XPath to find elements
  23. Microsoft Edge and VBA
  24. Finding elements by CSS selectors
  25. Downloading a file
  26. Creating a PDF file from scratch
  27. Wrapping up Selenium
  28. Power Query and the Web
  29. Connecting to a Web table – the direct way
  30. Connecting to a Web table – the long way
  31. Conclusion
  32. Index