news-watch 0.1.5

A scraper for Indonesian news websites.

news-watch

news-watch is a Python package that allows you to scrape news articles from various Indonesian news websites based on specific keywords and date ranges.

Installation

You can install newswatch via pip:

pip install news-watch

Usage

To run the scraper from the command line:

newswatch -k <keywords> -sd <start_date> -s [<scrapers>] [-v]

Command-Line Arguments

--keywords, -k: Required. A comma-separated list of keywords to scrape (e.g., -k "ojk,bank,npl").

--start_date, -sd: Required. The start date for scraping in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g., -sd 2023-01-01).

--scrapers, -s: Optional. A comma-separated list of scrapers to use (e.g., -s "kompas,viva"). If not provided, all scrapers will be used by default.

--verbose, -v: Optional. Increase verbosity level (e.g., -v, -vv, -vvv).

Examples

Scrape articles related to "ihsg" from October 28, 2024:

newswatch -k ihsg -sd 2024-10-28

Scrape articles for multiple keywords and increase verbosity:

newswatch -k "ihsg,bank,keuangan" -sd 2024-10-28 -vv

Output

The scraped articles are saved as a CSV file in the current working directory with the format news-watch-YYYYMMDD_HH.csv.

The CSV file contains the following fields:

• title
• publish_date
• author
• content
• keyword
• category
• source
• link

Supported Websites

• Bisnis Indonesia

• CNBC Indonesia

• Detik

• Kompas

• Kontan

  Note: Running this on the cloud currently leads to errors due to Cloudflare restrictions.

  Limitation: The scraper can process a maximum of 50 pages.

• Viva

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to add support for more websites or improve the existing code, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Running Tests

To run the test suite:

pytest tests/

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.