Web Scraper Application

Overview

This is a web scraping application with simple GUI built using Python and Tkinter. The application allows users specify a range of pages to scrape data from https://books.toscrape.com . It retrieves book information, including titles, prices, and availability, and displays the results in a scrollable text area. Users can also save the scraped data to a JSON file.

Libraries Required

To run this application, you need to install the following libraries:

• requests: For making HTTP requests to fetch web pages.
• beautifulsoup4: For parsing HTML and extracting data.
• tkinter: For creating the graphical user interface (GUI).

You can install the required libraries using pip:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Running the Script

To run the web scraper application, follow these steps:

1. Ensure you have Python installed on your system (Verified to work properly with Python 3.12.3).
2. Download or clone the repository containing the script.
3. Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where the script is located.
4. Run the script using the following command:

$ python main.py

This will launch the Tkinter GUI, where you can input the URL and page range for scraping.

Building with PyInstaller

If you want to create a standalone executable for the application, you can use PyInstaller. Follow these steps:

1. Install PyInstaller if you haven't already:

$ pip install pyinstaller

2. Navigate to the directory containing the main.py script.
3. Run the following command to create an executable:

pyinstaller main.py

This will generate a dist folder containing the executable file. You can run this executable without needing to have Python or the required libraries installed on the target machine.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.