How to scrape iefa scholarships

For any college graduate or student, finding a scholarship is a dream come true. 

Many factors contribute to this: rising education costs, large living expenses for students, etc.

According to most students, one of the most complex parts is finding appropriate scholarships to apply to. 

There are so many scholarships out there that it’s easy to become overwhelmed.

Choosing the wrong scholarship can lead to missed deadlines and unmet application requirements, resulting in academic failure.

Before applying for a scholarship, it is essential to conduct proper research. The question is, how to conduct that research without wasting so much time and effort?

You can find the answer to the question in web scraping. 

Iefa is a premier database of scholarships, granting tons of scholarship opportunities. Here, you can find the most comprehensive scholarship list for students. 

In this tutorial, we will show you:

#1 How to scrape any scholarship category from iefa

#2 How to scrape any single scholarship details from iefa

Here we go.

#1 How to scrape any scholarship category from iefa

The process of applying for a scholarship starts with research. What you first do is find all the possible scholarships in your desired category. It can be Journalism, Marketing, Computer science, Architecture, and so on. But before you apply for a scholarship, you should be sure that you are a professional in this field and have certain merits. Therefore, it is worth first going through training and improving your knowledge, then passing tests, for example, using e-learning platforms such as Sudocu. After that, you can draw conclusions about which of the categories you have the most chances to receive a scholarship.  Iefa includes a number of different categories with a ton of scholarship opportunities in each. 

Below, we will demonstrate how you can perform 1-click scraping of your desired category scholarships with Hexomatic. 

Step 1: Go to the Library of Scraping Templates

From your dashboard, select Scraping Templates to access the public scraping recipes. 

Step 2: Capture the desired category page URL

Go to https://www.iefa.org/ and capture the desired category page URL. 

For example, 

Step 3: Select the “iefa scholarship listings” recipe

From the Scraping Templates, select the “iefa scholarship listings” recipe and choose the “Use in a workflow” option.

Step 4: Add the captured page URL(s) 

Next, add the Data input automation. Then, add previously captured page URL(s). You can add a single URL or bulk URLs.

Step 5: Run the workflow

You can run your workflow by clicking “Run now”. 

Step 6: View and Save the results

Once the workflow has finished running, you can view the results and export them to CSV or Google Sheets. 

#2 How to scrape any single scholarship details from iefa

Let’s see how you can scrape any single scholarship from iefa in detail in a few minutes using our ready-made scraping recipe.

Step 1: Go to the Library of Scraping Templates

From your dashboard, select Scraping Templates to access the public scraping recipes. 

Step 2: Capture the desired scholarship page

Go to https://www.iefa.org/ and capture the desired scholarship page. 

For example, 

Step 3: Add the “iefa single scholarship page” recipe

Next, add the “iefa single scholarship page” recipe and choose the “Use in a workflow” option.

Step 4: Add page URLs

Once the workflow has been created, you should add the Data input automation, then the previously captured page URLs by using the Manual paste/ list of inputs option. You can add a single URL or bulk URLs. 

Step 5: Run the workflow

You can run the workflow by clicking “ Run now”.

Step 6: View the results

Once the workflow has finished running, you can view the results and export them to CSV or Google Sheets. 

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