scrapesession 0.0.6

A library for processing image features in a dataframe.

scrapesession

A requests session meant for scraping with caching, backoffs and historical fallbacks.

Dependencies :globe_with_meridians:

Python 3.11.6:

• numpy
• requests-cache
• wayback
• func-timeout
• random_user_agent
• tenacity
• playwright

Raison D'être :thought_balloon:

scrapesession is a requests session that performs heavy caching and other tools in order to efficiently scrape sites.

Architecture :triangular_ruler:

scrapesession is a requests session that has the following properties:

1. Handle non 302 redirects (such as in javascript).
2. Retries and backoffs.
3. User-Agent rotations.
4. Caching.
5. Wayback Machine integration.

Installation :inbox_tray:

This is a python package hosted on pypi, so to install simply run the following command:

pip install scrapesession

or install using this local repository:

python setup.py install --old-and-unmanageable

Usage example :eyes:

The use of scrapesession is entirely through code due to it being a library. It has exactly the same semantics as a requests session:

from scrapesession.scrapesession import create_scrape_session


session = create_scrape_session()

response = session.get("http://www.helloworld.com")
print(response.text)

License :memo:

The project is available under the MIT License.