Python library for scraping Airbnb listings using the property listing id.

The following data is extracted:

*Number of bathrooms

*number of bedrooms

*Property type

*Property name

*List of amenities.

Clone and Install:

1. Clone the project
2. Open powershell as admin and --> Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
3. Navigate to the scraper directory and run ./setup.ps1 on PowerShell

To use as a tool:

1. Add the required listing ids on airbnb_listings.json e.g. for https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/43523332 add "43523332"

2. py -m bnbscraper.engine -input ./airbnb_listings.json -destination ./data.json -uid 1 -debug

To use as a library:

1. Import the module: from bnbscraper.BnbScraper import BnbScraper

2. Create an instance of the class: scraper = BnbScraper()

3. Scrape single listing: result = scraper.scrape("43523332") #result is a dictionary

4. Scrape a list of listings: result = scraper.scrape_list(["33571268","33090114","40558945"]) #result is a list that contains dictionaries

Future Work:

*Unit Testing

*Error Handling

*Explore whether the use of scrapy vs selenium could improve performance.

*Export data to csv