Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: civic-scraper
Version: 0.1.0
Summary: Command-line tool and library for scraping government agendas, minutes and other public records.
Home-page: https://github.com/biglocalnews/civic-scraper
Author: Serdar Tumgoren
Author-email: zstumgoren@gmail.com
License: Apache 2.0 license
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Requires-Dist: bs4
Requires-Dist: click
Requires-Dist: click-option-group
Requires-Dist: requests


civic-scraper
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`civic-scraper` helps download `agendas`_, `minutes`_ and other documents produced by government.
It includes a command-line tool and reusable Python code to scrape a growing number
of public agency websites.

* Docs: http://civic-scraper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
* GitHub: https://github.com/biglocalnews/civic-scraper
* PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/civic-scraper
* Free and open source software: `Apache license`_

.. _Apache license: https://github.com/biglocalnews/civic-scraper/blob/master/LICENSE
.. _agendas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_(meeting)
.. _minutes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minutes

Basic install and usage
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Install civic-scraper_::

   pip install civic-scraper

...and start scraping from the command line::

   # Scrape today's agendas and minutes from a CivicPlus site
   civic-scraper scrape --download --url http://nc-nashcounty.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter

Or in a script::

  # Scrape today's agendas and minutes from a CivicPlus site
  from civic_scraper.platforms import CivicPlusSite
  url = "http://nc-nashcounty.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter"
  site = CivicPlusSite(url)
  site.scrape(download=True)

See the `official docs`_ for more details on usage.

.. _official docs: http://civic-scraper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/


