agucova / spidermatch

🕷️ 🔍 An open-source app for setting up automated spider lookups of incidents covered by local news in a certain country.

SpiderMatch

Note This app is currently available in Spanish only. An English version is coming soon.

An open-source app for setting up search engine lookups for incidents covered by local news in a certain country. This app is used for criminology research in policing.

Installation

The app is available on PyPI, so you can install it with pip:

pip install spidermatch

Bundled version of the apps are also available for Windows, Linux and macOS (unsigned). You can find them in the releases section.

Usage

This app integrates with ZenSerp, a search engine API. You will need to create an account and get an API key. You can do so here.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3 license. See LICENSE for more information.