- requests
- bs4 (BeautifulSoup)
- sqlite3
- flask
- Open
scrape.py - Set all values in the
SHOULDdictionary toTrue - Run
python scrape.pyfrom the project root directory
- Obtain a Food Data Central API key
- Create
fdc/secrets.pyand addFDC_API = 'XXXXXX'replace your API Key - Run
python app.pyfrom the project root directory - Open
localhost:5000in a web browser - Type a food name in the search bar
- Select the item you're looking for from the resulting table
- Select the fdc item from the resulting table
- Click "Connect" if you wish to make a connection
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| /fdc | USDA nutrition database requests and caching |
| /page_scripts | Wikipedia scraping logic |
| /templates | flask HTML and templating files |
| /wikipedia | Wikipedia requests and caching |
| app.py | Entry point and routing logic for the Flask app |
| db.py | SQL database interactions |
| models.py | Data models file |
| pages.py | Organizes Wikipedia page urls to be scraped by type |
| scrape.py | Entry point into the scraping flow |