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Simple script to scrape polling data from RealClearPolitics and output as .csv

Project description

Simple script to scrape polling data from RealClearPolitics and output as .csv.

Install

pip install realclearpolitics

Usage

usage: rcp [-h] [--output [OUTPUT]] url [url ...]

positional arguments:
  url                The url of the polling data.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --output [OUTPUT]  The output file name.

Examples

Get the US general election results.

rcp http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html --output general.csv

Download multiple polls.

rcp http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html \
> https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval_economy-6182.html \
> https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval_foreign_policy-6183.html

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