Downloads Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports from the CRS.gov website (which is only visible from within the U.S. Capitol computer network).
On a Windows computer, download one of the WinPython Zero packages (we last used WinPython64-3.7.4.1Zero.exe) and run it to extract its contents anywhere, like the WPy directory in this folder. If you use a different path, edit the start.bat script in this directory so that the first line correctly reflects the location of the WinPython folder.
Double-click start.bat to run the main script. It will download the CRS reports and metadata into folders created in this directory.
Put WPy\python-...\pythonw.exe crs_scraper.py in the Start Menu to run the scraper regularly. Set the working directory to this directory.
To upload reports to Dropbox, create a file:
dropbox_access_token.txt
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TOKEN=dropbox access token generated at https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps
PATH=/reports