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Hello,
my .py story...

I needed a issue solved with certain web page when the webmasters upgraded to JSON.
Before, my project was entirely Excel VBA. VBA does not "talk" much with JSON.
It was suggested to use Python to solve the problem, and it did.
So 3 scripts were written for me to solve this glitch, I had to download Python and use IDLE to make things work. And it work a charm.
Although I did not understand the .py coding in these scripts, the scripts are just there "activated" by .bat files, which are activated by vba. Python can then do the "negotiating" with the JSON requirement.

The time came to get into it and learn Python, as I will need a few more scripts, maybe eventually many more stuff progressively from Excel VBA to .py

One of the main things my project does is "Dynamic Web Query" using VBA. I guess here it's termed as scraping ?

It's only one web page I deal with, numbers and real time updates of those numbers, fully automated, one click, sit back and watch Excel graph and crunch the real-time info.

But it's days are numbered, the "Dynamic Web Query" using VBA will no longer be able to , query, ( or scrape ) because it will be a upgraded web page, not html.

This is where I hope Python will be able to solve the problem if and when the web page owners upgrade. It's on the cards , but we don't know when.
I hope to make a proto-type web scraper in time, so that the same info can be obtained.

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Recently I have had various tries at doing the suggested things, like use Bsoup, anaconda, and a whole lot more suggestions to get me started, try a few tutorials, not use IDLE but use some other, update Python versions, not use certain versions, use other versions, and the list of tries goes on and on.

I now have uninstalled everything, again. The last uninstall was the anaconda way.

It would to a pip download set up, I could not get Bsoup to work, I got as far as a "hello world" using spyder, but could not get to see what a web scrape even looks like.

Those who suggested things no longer reply, and yes I got the hints, the RTFMS and all that, thankyou.

So, I am here, before I go to the local university notice board and pin up a note, " I WILL PAY SOMEONE WHO UNDERTANDS WHAT RTFM IS, AND SET UP MY PC TO RUN A PYTHON SCRIPT",
what can you people suggest I do ?

What version of Python, what other stuff is required.

Window 7 Pro OS

Thanks