01-scraping_data.ipynb

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    "## 01 - Scraping Data\n",
    "This notebook provides the code to scrape the html `https://www.congress.gov/search` website for all nominations for the senate judiciary committee from the 107th to the 117th congress."
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    "###Import scraping libraries\n",
    "from bs4 import BeautifulSoup\n",
    "import pandas as pd\n",
    "import re\n",
    "import requests\n",
    "from playwright.async_api import async_playwright"
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    "list = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]\n",
    "\n",
    "playwright = await async_playwright().start()\n",
    "browser = await playwright.chromium.launch(headless = False)\n",
    "page = await browser.new_page()\n",
    "\n",
    "for i in list:\n",
    "\n",
    "    await page.goto(f\"https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22source%22%3A%22nominations%22%2C%22senate-committee%22%3A%22Judiciary%22%2C%22congress%22%3A%5B%22107%22%2C%22108%22%2C%22109%22%2C%22110%22%2C%22111%22%2C%22112%22%2C%22113%22%2C%22114%22%2C%22115%22%2C%22116%22%2C%22117%22%5D%7D&pageSize=250&page={i}\")\n",
    "\n",
    "    await page.content()\n",
    "    doc = BeautifulSoup(await page.content(), 'html.parser')\n",
    "\n",
    "    with open (f'html_scrapes/output{i}.html', 'w') as file:\n",
    "        file.write(str(doc))"
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