How To Scrape Booking.com With Python
Blog post from Bright Data
The tutorial provides a comprehensive guide to building a web scraper for Booking.com using Python, focusing on extracting data such as hotel names, prices, reviews, and availability. It covers the setup of a Python environment, the use of Selenium for browser automation, and strategies for handling dynamic content and anti-scraping measures employed by Booking.com. The guide includes detailed steps for selecting web elements using CSS selectors, managing login alerts, and efficiently handling exceptions to ensure robust data extraction. Additionally, it demonstrates how to compile the extracted data into a CSV file, while acknowledging the complexities involved in scraping dynamic websites like Booking.com. The tutorial concludes by suggesting Bright Data's Booking Scraper API as a more straightforward alternative for comprehensive and reliable data scraping solutions.