Project 02 : Automate a task - Book scraper in Python
This project was completed as part of the "Python Developer" path at OpenClassrooms.
The goal was to develop a Python script capable of:
- Scraping all books from the Books to Scrape website,
- Saving the extracted data into CSV files,
- Downloading the image of each book.
The website contains 1000 books across 50 categories.
-Clone the repository :
git clone https://github.com/Tit-Co/OpenClassrooms_Project_02.git
- Navigate into the project directory :
cd OpenClassrooms_Project_02
- Create a virtual environment :
python -m venv env
-Activate the virtual env :
source env/bin/activate
Or
source env\Scripts\activate on Windows
-Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
Run the main script
python main.py
After execution, the results will be available in the data/ directory:
- book.csv contains all book datas.
Images are saved in subfolders by category.
Two logs are generated if errors:
- image_download_errors.txt for any failed image downloads,
- skipped_images.txt for images that were already downloaded.
- One folder per book image: Ensures flexibility in case future updates include multiple images per book.
- Filename sanitization: Spaces, quotes, accented characters, and symbols are handled to ensure compatibility with file systems.
- Logging: Robust error logging is implemented for skipped or failed downloads.
- Use of UPC in filenames: Guarantees uniqueness, especially for books with similar titles or from multiple categories.
beautifulsoup4, requests, unidecode, urllib3,
Name: Nicolas MARIE
Track: Python Developer – OpenClassrooms
Project – Web scraping script – July 2025