MP-Website-Scrape-Semantics-Scanner-III-ADVANCED-Solution-With-Apache-Cassandra-DB-Document-Store
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The Python script code provides a solution to scrape the URLs provided, extract the required data, and store the results in a JSON file and an Apache Cassandra database. This script uses libraries like requests, BeautifulSoup, re, and cassandra-driver. Internet access is mandatory
Steps in the Script: Scrape URLs: Scrapes the MP links from the two provided URLs. Extract Details: Extracts information like policy interests, statements, standpoints, and political views using regular expressions. Store in JSON: Saves the extracted data into a JSON file (ukmpprofile.json). Insert into Cassandra: Creates a keyspace and table in Apache Cassandra and inserts the data. Prerequisites: Install required libraries: pip install requests beautifulsoup4 cassandra-driver. Ensure Apache Cassandra is running locally or replace 127.0.0.1 with your Cassandra server's IP.