Python Web Scraping: Get the number of security alerts issued by US-CERT in the current year
Write a Python program to get the number of security alerts issued by US-CERT in the current year.
Source: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
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import requests
from lxml import html
url = 'https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts'
doc = html.fromstring(requests.get(url).text)
print("The number of security alerts issued by US-CERT in the current year:")
print(len(doc.cssselect('.item-list li')))
Sample Output:
The number of security alerts issued by US-CERT in the current year: 37
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