Practice Ethics and Legal Considerations - 4.3 | Chapter 12: Working with External Libraries and APIs | Python Advance
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is the purpose of the robots.txt file?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think of it as a set of rules for bots.

Question 2

Easy

Why is throttling requests important?

πŸ’‘ Hint: What might happen if the server gets too many requests?

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Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

Why should you check the robots.txt file before scraping a site?

  • To find out the site's privacy policy
  • To determine which pages can be accessed by bots
  • To learn about the site’s history

πŸ’‘ Hint: What does `robots.txt` stand for?

Question 2

True or False: It's acceptable to scrape login-protected data without permission.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: What do copyright laws say?

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Design a web scraping tool that respects ethical guidelines including checking robots.txt, implementing throttling, and acquiring data legally from a website.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the major steps needed before any scraping begins.

Question 2

Analyze a case where a developer faced legal consequences for unethical scraping. What could they have done differently?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how each ethical guideline could have prevented their issues.

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