mdgspace / codeforcesapi

This is my attempt at some python web scraping.

Codeforces API

This is my attempt at some python web scraping. I will scrape the data from the Codeforces website and this can be accessed by making an API call to a REST endpoint I created using flask.

The motive of this project is to aid a CP specific editor. I've been making some prototypes of it using PyQt6 on the orange/editor branch. Take a look at that if it interests you.

Setup

• Clone the repository and access the project directory

    git clone https://github.com/Abhijna-Raghavendra/CodeforcesAPI.git
    cd CodeforcesAPI

• Create and activate your virtual environment

  Make sure you have python installed in your computer before proceeding

    python3 -m venv virtenv

    # In Windows cmd
    virtenv\Scripts\activate.bat
    # In Windows PowerShell
    virtenv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
    # In Linux or MacOS
    source virtenv/Scripts/activate

• Install required dependencies

  (virtenv)
    pip install -r requirements.txt

• Run the flask server

  (virtenv)
    python api.py

Usage

Once the flask server is up and running on localhost:5000, open a browser window and visit http://127.0.0.1:5000/scrape/{question}

The {question} must be valid and of the form "1729-A", where a "-" seperates the letter from the number.

Enjoy!! ❤️