Ancestry Match Scraper

Copy your ancestry matches in a CSV format

Installation

1. Clone the repository.
2. Install python 3, if it isn't already installed
3. the following instructions presume you have access to a linux terminal
4. python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
5. cd ${CLONED_DIRECTORY}
6. pip3 install -r ./requirements.txt
7. configure the file env.sh
   • go to my matches url -> all matches
   • copy the UUID in the url, save it off in env.sh
     • "REFERENCE_USER_UUID={uuid value copied}"
   • open developer tools
   • refresh page
   • in the network pane search for 'list?':
     • there will be one result. right click it
     • copy -> copy as cURL
     • open a text editor
     • paste
     • find the cookie header
     • copy the cookie header value: it will look like "-H 'cookie: '
       • save it off in env.sh (this will be a large value)
         • "MY_COOKIES={cookie value}"

Usage

1. source ./env.sh
2. python3 ./scraper.py
3. results will go to stdout, and can be redirected to a file

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.