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scrape.py
from urllib.request import urlopen
counter = 1
while True:
url = 'http://libris.kb.se/xsearch?d=swepub&hitlist&q=l%C3%A4ros%C3%A4te%3agu&f=ext&spell=true&hist=true&n=200&start=' + str(counter)
print ("Fetching: " + url)
data = urlopen(url).read()
if not data.find(b"<record>") >= 0:
print("No more records!")
break
with open(str(counter) + ".xml", "wb") as outputfile:
print("Writing file...")
outputfile.write(data)
counter += 200
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