README.md

Web-Scraping-challenge

By: Jack Cohen

Directions: run 'python app.py' in terminal

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to build a web application that scrapes various websites for data related to the Mission to Mars and displays the information in a single HTML page.

Tools

Scraping:

• Python
• Jupyter Notebook
• BeautifulSoup
• Pandas
• Requests
• Splinter Webpage:
• Python
• MongoDB
• Flask
• HTML
• Pymongo

Method

1. Scrape data from the 4 websites using the scraping tools above:
   • https://redplanetscience.com/
   • https://spaceimages-mars.com
   • https://galaxyfacts-mars.com
   • https://marshemispheres.com/
2. Use MongoDB with Flask templating to create a new HTML page that displays all of the information that was scraped from the URLs above.

Notes

• Clicking "Scrape New Data" will refresh the page with updated information.
• The Mars Hemisphere photos can be clicked on for full size photos.