Developed Python scripts for radio schedule scraping

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📅 2023-08-03 — Session: Developed Python scripts for radio schedule scraping

🕒 20:40–20:55
🏷️ Labels: Python, Web Scraping, Data Extraction, CSV, Beautifulsoup, Radio Schedules
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The goal of this session was to develop Python scripts to automate the process of web scraping radio schedule data and manage it effectively.

Key Activities

  • Implemented a Python script using BeautifulSoup and requests to scrape schedule data from specified URLs.
  • Developed a code snippet to extract names of people associated with programs from HTML descriptions.
  • Created a script to extract radio station names from URLs.
  • Generated URLs from a list of radio names using list comprehension.
  • Saved radio schedules into a CSV file using the built-in csv module, capturing details such as station name, start time, program name, and description.
  • Aggregated schedules from multiple stations into a single master list for easier identification and analysis.

Achievements

  • Successfully created a set of Python scripts that automate the extraction and management of radio schedule data.
  • Enhanced data processing capabilities by aggregating information from multiple sources into a cohesive format.

Pending Tasks

  • Further testing and validation of the scripts in a production environment to ensure robustness and accuracy.

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