Power Automate — Web Scraping
Web Scraping made easy!
Do you have to web scrape? Did you have to copy and paste line by line before? Click on another page and do the same?
Yes, I did that before.
Then I learned about Power Automate! By far Power Automate is the easiest to use and learn. I love to code but I default to using Power Automate if I have a web scraping job to do.
This article will walk you through step by step on how to create a web scraping Power Automate “Flow” that allows you to input any variables so you can easily scrape for other items at a web site.
Let’s walk through a scenario.
My son loves cookies, donuts and all sorts of sweets. 🍪🍩🍰
Let’s say I want to know all the ice cream products that are available at a supermarket? I would have to click through pages and pages to see this.
How about we set up a “Flow” to do this? 🌊
Step 1: Setting up your flow.
Power Automate is Free for Windows 10, so check it out. Power Automate For Desktop | Microsoft Power Automate
Download the extension so you can do this! Microsoft Power Automate — Microsoft Edge Addons
