4chan-scrape-to-db

Scrapes a specific board on 4chan and dumps the board threads and comments on threads into a PostgreSQL DB for further processing

Setup Instructions

• Python 3.7 needed
• PostgreSQL 10.6
• Create a new PostgreSQL database
• Run the database creation script (db_creation.sql)
• Update the db connection settings in db_helper.py
• Update board name in scrape.py
• Run python scrape.py