This project is a Python web scraper designed for extracting the latest news articles and their associated information from various news websites. It serves as a learning resource for individuals interested in web scraping using libraries like BeautifulSoup and Selenium.
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/SeoBrewer/latest-news-python-scraper.git
- Navigate to the project directory:
cd project
- Install the required packages:
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Run the project:
python main.py
The scraper is configured to extract news articles from a several news websites.
Web scraping is a powerful tool, but it should be used responsibly and ethically. Always respect website terms of service and "robots.txt" files, which may prohibit scraping. Implement rate limiting to avoid overloading servers, use appropriate user agents, and ensure your scraping is for personal learning and not for commercial or malicious purposes. Additionally, be mindful of privacy and data protection laws, and obtain necessary permissions for data usage.
Contributions to this project are welcome! If you'd like to contribute, please follow these steps:
- Fork the project.
- Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix:
git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name
- Make your changes and commit them:
git commit -m "Add your message here"
- Push your changes to your forked repository:
git push origin feature/your-feature-name
- Create a pull request on the main project repository.
This project is licensed under the MIT License