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how2 load data from Crunchbase (python)
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import requests | |
import pymongo | |
CRUNCHBASE_API = 'http://api.crunchbase.com/v/1/company/' | |
CRUNCHBASE_API_END = '.js?api_key=CRUNCHBASE_API' | |
db_connection = pymongo.Connection('localhost', 27017) | |
db = db_connection['tc'] | |
def main(): | |
load_companies() | |
def load_companies(): | |
# Each entry in db.companies has a field 'permalink' which is the Crunchbase unique name | |
companies = db.companies.find().limit(1000) | |
for c in companies: | |
process_results(query_for_company(c['permalink'])) | |
def query_for_company(company): | |
url = CRUNCHBASE_API + company + CRUNCHBASE_API_END | |
print 'getting: ' + url | |
r = requests.get(url) | |
data = r.json | |
return data | |
def process_results(data): | |
if data: | |
to_save = {} | |
to_save['name'] = data['name'] | |
to_save['overview'] = data['overview'] | |
to_save['tag_list'] = data['tag_list'] | |
if not to_save['tag_list']: | |
to_save['tag_list'] = "" | |
to_save['category_code'] = data['category_code'] | |
to_save['permalink'] = data['permalink'] | |
db.tagged_companies.insert(to_save) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main() |
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