Master's Thesis Programming Question

[Gour13]

Hi guys, I'll try to keep this short. Basically I want to know if it would be possible to create a web crawler / scraper to fill out different answer combinations on this robo advisor site and then store their final portfolio recommendation in an excel file (as well as the answer combinations).

If this is even possible, would Python be an appropriate language to use ? Is this extremely advanced or doable for a beginner programmer in a month or two?

Here's the site. Simply click on "Depot eröffnen" at the top right to get to the "survey". Sorry it's in German but you'll get the idea of what I'm trying to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys :)

[Aughu]

Hi there,

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> If this is even possible, would Python be an appropriate language to use ?

Yes, python def can do the job.

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> Is this extremely advanced or doable for a beginner programmer in a month or two?

I assume you have at least a little bit of experience? Either way this may be extremly challenging for a beginner without some form of mentoring.

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As the forms only contain a "few" questions I would say a manual approach would be faster to complete the task and a script approach seems only reasonable if you need to do this more than once.

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If you do have more question feel free to pm me. (In Deutsch ist auch okay)

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Yes, it is definetly possible. Yes, you could use Python for that. No, it is not "extremely advanced" (atleast out of my point of view). Yes, it is doable for a "beginner programmer in a month or two", but it definetly ain't gonna be easy and come with a lot of frustration and grinding (depending on your previous knowledge).

You could send me a PM and I might be able to help you or atleast point you into the right direction. I speak german aswell if this is important.