The library provides an easy-to-use API for fetching data from various Finnish websites:
| Website | Type | Spider API class |
|---|---|---|
| Ilta-Sanomat | News article | ISArticle |
| Iltalehti | News article | ILArticle |
| YLE Uutiset | News article | YLEArticle |
| Suomi24 | Discussion thread | Suomi24Page |
| Muusikoiden.net | Discussion thread | MNetPage |
| Vauva | Discussion thread | VauvaPage |
| Oikotie Asunnot | Apartment ad | OikotieApartment |
| Tori | Item deal | ToriDeal |
Documentation is available at https://finscraper.readthedocs.io and simple online demo here.
pip install finscraper
Fetch 10 news articles as a pandas DataFrame from Ilta-Sanomat:
from finscraper.spiders import ISArticle
spider = ISArticle().scrape(10)
articles = spider.get()The API is similar for all the spiders:
Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.
Jesse Myrberg (jesse.myrberg@gmail.com)