book-scraper-python

P2: Use Python basics for market analysis

This Python project was completed as part of Project 2 of the Python Application Developer path at OpenClassrooms.

It implements a web scraping program to extract pricing data and detailed information from the fictional bookstore Books to Scrape. The data is then structured and exported as CSV files.

⚙️ Scraper Features

The main.py program allows extracting data from https://books.toscrape.com/index.html and saving detailed information (title, price, description, stock, etc.) into one or more optimized CSV files, as well as the cover images.

💻 Installation and Execution Instructions

Prerequisites

• Python 3 (version 3.6 or higher recommended)
• Git

1. Get the Project

Navigate to your desired folder, then clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Mnr04/book-scraper-python.git

2 . Set up the virtual environment

A . create the virtual environment

Windows (Powershell) -- > python -m venv env

MacOS / Linux (Terminal) --> python3 -m venv env

B . Activate the environment

Windows (Powershell) -- > .\env\Scripts\activate

MacOS / Linux (Terminal) --> source env/bin/activate

3. Install Required Packages

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the Program

Execute the main script:

Windows --> python main.py

MacOS / Linux --> python3 main.py