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Build web scraper REST API using JAVA,SPRING BOOT, and JSOUP

Hello, Today we are going to build a web scraper. Although All of you know the term, I just want to tell you shortly what exactly web scraper?

Web scraping, also known as web harvesting or web data extraction, is a type of data scraping that is used to gather information from websites. Using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol or a web browser, web scraping software can directly access the World Wide Web.
In this project, We are going to use spring boot as a backend service and build a simple UI for the frontend part using HTML and CSS.

We will use the JSOUP library for extracting data from the websites. JSOUP is a Java library that allows you to interact with real-world HTML. It uses the finest of HTML5 DOM techniques and CSS selectors to create a very convenient API for requesting URLs, extracting, and modifying data.

I am sharing the original post to build your web scraper from scratch live link
Hope it helps!!!

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