SCConnect

This is a simple Python web scraper to extract contact information (emails, phone numbers, and addresses) from local business websites.

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/web-scraper.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd web-scraper
   

3. Create Virtual Environment (if you don't have one)

   python -m venv venv
   

4. Activate the virtual environment:

• On Windows (Command Prompt):

  .\venv\Scripts\activate
  
  

• On macOS/Linux:

  source venv/bin/activate
  

5. Install the required dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

Usage

1. Run the app script to get to scraper website:

   python app.py
   

2. Enter the URL of the local business page when prompted.

3. Filter for Santa Cruz locations: The scraper will only return contact information for businesses with a mention of "Santa Cruz" on the page. It will filter out any businesses located elsewhere.

Troubleshooting

Line Endings Warning

If you see a warning like: warning: in the working copy of 'venv/Scripts/activate', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it This is due to Git automatically handling line endings across different operating systems. You can prevent this by configuring Git:

• For Windows-only development:

  git config --global core.autocrlf false
  

For cross-platform development: git config --global core.autocrlf true

Dependencies

The script uses the following dependencies:

• requests: To handle HTTP requests and fetch webpage content.
• beautifulsoup4: For parsing HTML and extracting the contact information.