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Code for flattening a paginated website
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup | |
import requests | |
def analyse_page(url): | |
r = requests.get(url) | |
assert r.status_code == 200 | |
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.content) | |
parent_div = soup.find(id='gallery-mode') | |
content_div_contents = parent_div.contents[1] | |
return [str(val) for val in content_div_contents.find_all('p')] | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
url_root = 'http://whatculture.com/film/quentin-tarantino-definitive-guide.php/' | |
npages = 179 | |
extra_html = [] | |
# Add the header | |
extra_html.extend([ | |
'<!doctype html>', | |
'<html>', | |
'<head>', | |
'<meta charset="UTF-8">', | |
'</head>', | |
'<body>', | |
]) | |
for i in xrange(1, npages + 1): | |
print "Analysing page {0}".format(i) | |
page_url = url_root + str(i) | |
extra_html.extend(analyse_page(page_url)) | |
extra_html.append('<hr />') | |
extra_html.extend([ | |
'</body>', | |
'</html>' | |
]) | |
with open('/tmp/index.html', 'w') as outfile: | |
outfile.write('\n'.join(extra_html)) |
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