web scraping

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On Saturday, October 12, 2013 7:12:38 AM UTC-7, Ronald Routt wrote:
> I am new to programming and trying to figure out python.  
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> I am trying to learn which tools and tutorials I need to use along with some good beginner tutorials in scraping the the web.  The end result I am trying to come up with is scraping auto dealership sites for the following:  
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> 1.Name of dealership
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> 2.  State where dealership is located
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> 3.  Name of Owner, President or General Manager
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> 4.  Email address of number 3 above
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> 5.  Phone number of dealership
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> Note:  Many times the Owner, President or General Manager and their email address is under a tab on the website such as "Meet our team" or "Support".  Sometimes this information is not available on the website.
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> I sure would appreciate any help I can get to get me on the right track.  From what I have read so far, believe I have to use urllib but know nothing about how to us it..
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> Thanks
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> ronroutt at gmail.com

if you are really new to python I will suggest you go through the tutorial at www.learnpythonthehardway.org and when you are done search either google or youtube for how to use "beautiful soup" I believe you should be fine.