Scrapes petitions from [change.org](https://www.change.org/).
[](https://github.com/cja5553/change_org_scraper)
## Quick Start
Here we provide a quick example on how you can use `AutoThemeGenerator` to scrape petitions right from [change.org](https://www.change.org/).
```python
from change_dot_org import scrape_petitions
# Specify the url of your scrape.org searches
## for instance, we shall scrape petitions from the search "supplemental nutrition assistance program"
url='https://www.change.org/search?q=Supplemental%20Nutrition%20Assistance%20Program&offset=0'
# scrape the petition data from change.org
SNAP_petitions_df=scrape_petitions(url)
print(SNAP_petitions_df)
```
It returns a dataframe with all the petitions related to SNAP as well as corresponding details (eg description, date created, target audience signature count, location created, victory status, etc).
## Requirements
### Required packages
To use `change_org_scrapper`, you are required to have the following packages installed:
- `requests`
- `bs4`
- `tqdm`
- `pandas`
- `ast`
- `re` (Python standard library)
- `json` (Python standard library)
If you do not have these packages installed in python, you can do the following:
```bash
pip install requests bs4 tqdm pandas ast
```
## Installation
To install in python, simply do the following:
```bash
pip install change_org_scrapper
```
## Citation
This package was made as part of a larger study on food stamps (i.e., SNAP), therefore, we do not have the paper ready just yet.
However, if you wish to cite, you may cite:
C Alba (2024) change_org_scraper: A python package to scrape petitions from change.org. PyPi.
# Questions?
Contact me at [alba@wusl.edu](mailto:alba@wusl.edu)
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