scrape_em.py

Scrape data from a site that is difficult to use. This is written for a very specific purpose and will not work as a general solution.

Dependencies

1. python2.7
2. requests pip install requests
3. beautifulsoup pip install bs4

Usage

python scrape_em.py -h for full options

Examples

python scrape_em.py --url 'https://myfavoritesite.com' --max 5 --csv 5_results --load data.json

To Do

1. give option for config file definition of args. cmd line can get crowded quickly, especially with long urls