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AI Web Scraper with Streamlit

This project is a web-based tool built using Streamlit and BeautifulSoup that allows users to extract specific data (tables, headings, or rows) from webpages. The tool enables quick preview, visualization, and CSV export of the scraped data.

Features

  • Input any webpage URL
  • Select the type of data to extract: full table, headings, or specific rows
  • Visualize the extracted data using basic charts
  • Export the data to a CSV file
  • Simple and user-friendly interface

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ai-web-scraper.git
cd ai-web-scraper

2. Create and activate a virtual environment (recommended)

On Windows:

python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate

On macOS/Linux:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the app

streamlit run app.py

Project Structure

app/
├── app.py               # Main Streamlit app
├── scraper.py           # Contains scraping logic
├── interpreter.py       # AI prompt → selector logic (optional)
├── utils.py             # CSV export, error handling
├── requirements.txt

Secrets Setup (Optional)

If using an OpenAI API key or other environment variables, create .streamlit/secrets.toml like this:

[openai]
api_key = "your-openai-api-key"

Access it in your code as:

st.secrets["openai"]["api_key"]

Dependencies

  • streamlit
  • pandas
  • beautifulsoup4
  • lxml
  • matplotlib

Deployment

You can deploy this project on Streamlit Cloud. Just upload your code and add your secrets.toml in the Settings → Secrets section of your app.

Let me know if you’d like badges, Docker setup, or example screenshots added.