4 - Data Collection Techniques
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Practice Questions
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What is an example of an offline data source?
💡 Hint: Think about file formats that store data locally.
Name one tool used for web scraping.
💡 Hint: Consider libraries in Python for HTTP requests.
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What is an API?
💡 Hint: Think about how applications interact with each other.
True or False: Web scraping is always allowed by websites.
💡 Hint: Consider what the robots.txt file indicates.
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Using the requests library, write a Python snippet to fetch data from a public API and extract relevant details.
💡 Hint: What do you typically do next after fetching the data?
Discuss how you would handle a scenario where an API becomes unavailable during your project.
💡 Hint: Consider what backup methods you might have.
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