SBU Search Scraper

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What is it?

SBU_scraper.py is a script written in python that automates going through the Stony Brook University website and searches for the term "Computer Science" and returns all the headlines followed by the links concerning that search.

Why?

I wanted to challenge myself and learn something new within a limited time frame, I've had an interest in python for a while & I thought I'd do a simple script just to see what python is capable of.

How to run?

Follow the steps to run the script:

• Download Selenium webdriver. Chrome, Firefox
• Extract the driver in a preffered location
• Make sure you have python3 installed.
• Change the PATH location in SBU_scraper.py to the location of your webdriver.
• Run the script in your favorite IDE. I used VSCode.

License

Unlicense

Built With

• python