$ python wsj_article_urls.py 'startdate' 'enddate'
'''
start_date, end_date = argv[1], argv[2]
start_datetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(start_date, '%Y-%m-%d')
end_datetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(end_date, '%Y-%m-%d')
while True:
print('Scraping WSJ URLs from {0} to {1}'.format(start_date, end_date))
# Get dates to search over
dates = get_dates(start_date, end_date)
urls = set()
for date in dates:
print(date)
urls = get_urls(date, urls)
# Convert urls set to a list and write to a txt file
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(
get_file_name('wsj', start_date, end_date))
with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
f.write(json.dumps(list(urls)))
f.close()
start_datetime = start_datetime - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
end_datetime = end_datetime - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
start_date = start_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
end_date = end_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
if __name__ == '__main__':
''' This script should be called in the following way:
$ python breitbart_all_urls.py
'''
print('Scraping BB')
# Initialize empty lists for urls to be appended to
did_it_work, urls = get_urls_from_search(dates)
print('BB Scraping Done...')
print('There were a total of {0} urls'.format(len(urls)))
if did_it_work:
# Convert good_urls set to a list and write to a txt file
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(get_file_name('bb', start_date, end_date))
f = open(file_path, 'w')
f.write(json.dumps(list(urls)))
f.close()
else:
print("Didn't work")
start_datetime = start_datetime - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
end_datetime = end_datetime - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
start_date = start_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
end_date = end_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
if __name__ == '__main__':
''' This script should be called in the following way:
$ python fox_scraper.py 'startdate' 'enddate' 'table (optional)'
'''
# Create MongoClient
client = MongoClient()
# Initialize the Database
db = client['election_analysis']
# Initialize table
# If a table name has been provided use that, otherwise initialize 'articles' table
if len(argv) > 3:
tab = db[argv[3]]
else:
tab = db['articles']
start_date, end_date = argv[1], argv[2]
print 'Scraping FOX URLs from {0} to {1}'.format(start_date, end_date)
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(
get_file_name('fox', start_date, end_date))
urls = load_urls(file_path)
bad_urls = []
for url in urls:
result = add_to_mongo(tab, url)
if result:
bad_urls.append(result)
print 'FOX Scraping Done...'
print 'Number of Bad Extractions = {0}'.format(bad_urls)
print 'There were a total of {0} failed searches'.format(len(bad_searches))
# If there were any bad searchs we should try and make some attempts to redo the searchs in a non-threaded way
attempt = 0
while attempt < 3 and len(bad_searches) > 0:
# This will give us a tuple of (searchterm, date tuple) to research over
searchterms_and_dates = list(bad_searches)
# Reset our bad_searches to an empty set
bad_searches = set()
# Create a Firefox driver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
for searchterm, date in searchterms_and_dates:
good_urls, bad_searches = get_urls(driver, searchterm, [date], good_urls, bad_searches)
driver.close()
attempt += 1
print 'Total of {0} failed searches after attempt {1}'.format(len(bad_searches), attempt)
# Convert good_urls set to a list and write to a txt file
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(get_file_name('fox', start_date, end_date))
with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
f.write(json.dumps(list(good_urls)))
f.close()
# If there are any bad URLs, print how many there were and write them to a file for review
print 'Number of Bad Searches = {0}'.format(len(bad_searches))
if len(bad_searches):
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(get_file_name('fox', start_date, end_date, bad=True))
with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
f.write(json.dumps(list(bad_searches)))
f.close()
while attempt < 3 and len(bad_searches) > 0:
# This will give us a tuple of (searchterm, date tuple) to research over
searchterms_and_dates = list(bad_searches)
# Reset our bad_searches to an empty set
bad_searches = set()
# Create a Firefox driver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
for searchterm, date in searchterms_and_dates:
good_urls, bad_searches = get_urls(driver, searchterm, [date],
good_urls, bad_searches)
driver.close()
attempt += 1
print 'Total of {0} failed searches after attempt {1}'.format(
len(bad_searches), attempt)
# Convert good_urls set to a list and write to a txt file
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(
get_file_name('fox', start_date, end_date))
with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
f.write(json.dumps(list(good_urls)))
f.close()
# If there are any bad URLs, print how many there were and write them to a file for review
print 'Number of Bad Searches = {0}'.format(len(bad_searches))
if len(bad_searches):
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(
get_file_name('fox', start_date, end_date, bad=True))
with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
f.write(json.dumps(list(bad_searches)))
f.close()
add_url = True
elif keyword in article.text.lower():
add_url = True
if add_url:
urls.add(article.find('a').get('href'))
return urls
if __name__=='__main__':
''' This script should be called in the following way:
$ python wsj_article_urls.py 'startdate' 'enddate'
'''
keywords = get_keywords_2016()
start_date, end_date = argv[1], argv[2]
print 'Scraping WSJ URLs from {0} to {1}'.format(start_date, end_date)
# Get dates to search over
dates = get_dates(start_date, end_date)
urls = set()
for date in dates:
urls = get_urls(date, keywords, urls)
# Convert urls set to a list and write to a txt file
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(get_file_name('wsj', start_date, end_date))
with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
f.write(json.dumps(list(urls)))
f.close()
# attempt = 0
# while attempt < 3 and len(bad_searches) > 0:
# # This will give us a tuple of (searchterm, date tuple) to research over
# searchterms_and_dates = list(bad_searches)
# # Reset our bad_searches to an empty set
# bad_searches = set()
# # Create a Firefox driver
# driver = webdriver.Firefox()
# for searchterm, date in searchterms_and_dates:
# good_urls, bad_searches = get_urls(driver, searchterm, [date], good_urls, bad_searches)
# driver.close()
# attempt += 1
# print('Total of {0} failed searches after attempt {1}'.format(len(bad_searches), attempt))
# Convert good_urls set to a list and write to a txt file
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(get_file_name('fox', start_date, end_date))
with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
f.write(json.dumps(list(good_urls)))
f.close()
# If there are any bad URLs, print how many there were and write them to a file for review
print('Number of Bad Searches = {0}'.format(len(bad_searches)))
if len(bad_searches):
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(get_file_name('fox', start_date, end_date, bad=True))
with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
f.write(json.dumps(list(bad_searches)))
f.close()
start_datetime = start_datetime - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
end_datetime = end_datetime - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
start_date = start_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
client = MongoClient()
# Initialize the Database
db = client['election_analysis']
while True:
# Initialize table
# If a table name has been provided use that, otherwise initialize 'articles' table
if len(argv) > 3:
tab = db[argv[3]]
else:
tab = db['nyt_' + start_datetime.strftime('%Y%m%d') + '_' +
end_datetime.strftime('%Y%m%d')]
print('Scraping NYT URLs from {0} to {1}'.format(start_date, end_date))
file_path = '../url_files/{0}'.format(
get_file_name('nyt', start_date, end_date))
urls = load_urls(file_path)
bad_urls = []
for url in urls:
result = add_to_mongo(tab, url)
if result:
bad_urls.append(result)
print('NYT Scraping Done...')
print('Number of Bad Extractions = {0}'.format(bad_urls))
start_datetime = start_datetime - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
end_datetime = end_datetime - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
start_date = start_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
end_date = end_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
