How to download many documents from an url, all at the same time. Well, we will focus on url patterns and a Firefox plug in to do so. Let’s take a look with a practical example about the recent election data.
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Photo by Xosema (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons...
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Why should journalists care about url patterns?
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