Streamline Tables is a web extension for Google Chrome which simplifies the process of downloading tabular data from the web. It can process tables from
- HTML
- PDF's
The project uses Javascript for the frontend, with a Django webapp as the backend.
Right click on the desired table, and the data will be downloaded as a .xls file
Load Chrome extension in Chrome by going to Settings->Extensions->Load Unpacked, then selecting the project extension folder.
Running the Django app backend requires python version 3.8 or later, this can be found here - https://www.python.org/downloads/
The First time you download the file run the Install.bat file - this will install all the python packages for the backend.
Then when you want to run the Streamline Table run the Start.bat file - While the terminal is running you will be able to use the extension freely.
From the terminal, navigate to the cs20-main folder, then:
% cd backend
% python -m venv venv
% source venv/bin/activate
% pip install -r requirements.txt
Setup the django models from the backend folder with
% rm db.sqlite3
% python manage.py makemigrations streamline
% python manage.py migrate
Then run the django webapp with
% python manage.py runserver
Download the folder extension, Go to chrome://extensions Enable Developer Mode in top right Select load unpacked in top left Navigate to folder and select Extension should now be installed
NOTE: this does not need to be done each time you reopen chrome
NOTE: Does not work unless server is running
When updating the code for the extension, the extension automatically updates when you save your changes, no need to redo the steps above
This only needs to be running on one machine on a wifi network and the extension will work on all other machines on the same wifi network.
It could also be setup to be hosted by one machine and be made public so that any machine on any network can access it with having to run the Start file. More information here - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/deployment/