importio_gsei 0.3.0

Command line to feed URLs from a Google Sheet into an Import.io Extractor

GOOGLE SHEETS EXTRACTOR INTEGRATION


This repository includes a script solution that uses URLs taken from a
Google sheet and copies to an existing Import.io Extractor, then lastly
executes the Extractor to collect data from the supplied URLs.

The command script is implemented using Python, which can be executed on
any operating system that supports a Python version 3.5 or later.


Installation

The command requires the installation of Python 3.5 or later with some
additional third-party packages that can be installed using pip.

$ pip install importio_gsei


Operation

The command has 6 different sub-commands that are invoked similiarly as
follows:

$ gsextractor <sub-command>

where sub-command is one of the following:

- _copy-urls_ - Copies URLs from a specified Google sheet to
designated Extractor.
- _extractor-start_ - Initiates a crawl-run of an Extractor.
- _extractor-status_ - Provides a status of the crawl-run(s) of
an Extractor.
- _extractor-urls_ - Displays the list of URLs associated with
an Extractor.
- _extract_ - Performs the complete extraction operation from copying
the URLs from the Google sheet to running the Extractor to extract
data from web pages.
- _sheet-urls_ - Displays a list of the URLs in a Google sheet given
the sheet id and range.

Help can be displayed which shows the available sum-commands as follows:

$ gsextractor -h
usage: gsextractor [-h] [-v]
{copy-urls,extract,extractor-start,extractor-status,extractor-urls,sheet-urls}
...

Google Sheets URL Feed

positional arguments:
{copy-urls,extract,extractor-start,extractor-status,extractor-urls,sheet-urls}
commands
copy-urls Copies URLs from google sheet to an extractor
extract Runs the full extraction process
extractor-start Starts an extractor
extractor-status Displays the status of recent craw runs
extractor-urls Displays the URLs from an extractor
sheet-urls Displays the URLs from a google sheet

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --version show program's version number and exit

Detail help on each of the commands is provided by the -h with the
corresponding sub-command:

$ gsextractor <sub-command> -h

The version of the program can be displayed by running the command with
the -v option:

$ gsextractor <sub-command> -v
0.3.0

copy-urls

Copy the URLs in the Google Sheet to the Extractor URLs

$ gsextractor copy-urls -i <spreasdheet_id> -r <spreadsheet_range> -e <extractor_id>

extractor-start

Initiate a crawl-run on a specific Extractor

$ gsextractor extractor-start -e <extractor_id>

extractor-status

Display the status of a crawl-run(s) on a specific Extractor

$ gsextractor extractor-status -e <extractor id>

extractor-urls

Displays the URLs associated with a specific Extractor

$ gsextractor extractor-urls -e <extractor id>

extract

Runs the complete operation of copying URLs from a Google sheet to an
Extractor, and starting the Extractor

$ gsextractor extract -i <spreasdheet_id> -r <spreadsheet_range> -e <extractor_id>

sheet-urls

Displays the URLs from a specifice Google sheet and range

$ gsextractor sheeturls -i <spreasdheet_id> -r <spreadsheet_range>


Programmatic Execution

The same operations as listed above can performed programmatically from
Python similar to the following example:

from importio_gsei import GsExtractorUrls

g = GsExtractorUrls()
g.extractor_start(extractor_id)

copy_urls()

from importio_gsei import GsExtractorUrls

g = GsExtractorUrls()
g.copy_urls(spread_sheet_id, spread_sheet_range, extractor_id)

extractor_start()

from importio_gsei GsExtractorUrls

g = GsExtractorUrls()
g.extractor_start(extractor_id)

extractor_status()

from importio_gsei import GsExtractorUrls

g = GsExtractorUrls()
crawl_runs = g.extractor_status(extractor_id)
for crawl_run in crawl_runs:
print(crawl_run)

extractor_urls()

from importio_gsei import GsExtractorUrls

g = GsExtractorUrls()
urls = g.extractor_urls(extractor_id)
for url in urls:
print(url)

extract

from importio_gsei import GsExtractorUrls

g = GsExtractorUrls()
g.extract(spread_sheet_id, spread_sheet_range, extractor_id)

sheet_urls

from importio_gsei import GsExtractorUrls

g = GsExtractorUrls()
urls = g.extract(spread_sheet_id, spread_sheet_range)
for url in urls:
print(url)