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.gitignore

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+# Ignore output of scraper
+data.sqlite

README.textile

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+Start here: check the ScraperWiki interface is working, then learn how to download a web page.

scraper.py

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+###############################################################################
+# START HERE: Tutorial 1: Getting used to the ScraperWiki editing interface.
+# Follow the actions listed with -- BLOCK CAPITALS below.
+###############################################################################
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. Start by running a really simple Python script, just to make sure that 
+# everything is working OK.
+# -- CLICK THE 'RUN' BUTTON BELOW
+# You should see some numbers print in the 'Console' tab below. If it doesn't work, 
+# try reopening this page in a different browser - Chrome or the latest Firefox.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+for i in range(10):
+    print "Hello", i
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. Next, try scraping an actual web page and getting some raw HTML.
+# -- UNCOMMENT THE THREE LINES BELOW (i.e. delete the # at the start of the lines)
+# -- CLICK THE 'RUN' BUTTON AGAIN 
+# You should see the raw HTML at the bottom of the 'Console' tab. 
+# Click on the 'more' link to see it all, and the 'Sources' tab to see our URL - 
+# you can click on the URL to see the original page. 
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#import scraperwiki
+#html = scraperwiki.scrape('https://scraperwiki.com/hello_world.html')
+#print html
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# In the next tutorial, you'll learn how to extract the useful parts
+# from the raw HTML page.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------