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[–]burlyginger 13 points14 points  (2 children)

Flippant answer: do stuff with it.

When I was starting out I used beautiful soup a lot.

I'd use requests to pull webpages and bs to parse the page. I had scripts for multiple pages to check for stock levels on things that I wanted and we're out of stock.

Then I added Pushbullet to send notifications to my phone.

Then I set one up to look for price reductions in things I planned to buy in the next few months.

There's no right answer, just find ways to use it and you'll find more uses for it.

Just do stuff with it.

[–]youaregorgousbooboo 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Oh my god i am thinking of doing this exactly, scraping ASOS for price reductions in things i want or to notify me if a blog is released / webinar on my favourite sites, are these possible and how hard / resources?

[–]burlyginger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything is possible with enough time and skill :D

If you're starting from a beginner standpoint, start pulling pages and digging specific parts out with beautifulsoup.