Ben Welsh's repositories
django-bakery
A set of helpers for baking your Django site out as flat files
first-web-scraper
A step-by-step guide to writing a web scraper with Python
django-postgres-copy
Quickly import and export delimited data with Django support for PostgreSQL's COPY command
savepagenow
A simple Python wrapper and command-line interface for archive.org’s "Save Page Now" capturing service
django-calaccess-raw-data
A Django app to download, extract and load campaign finance and lobbying activity data from the California Secretary of State's CAL-ACCESS database
first-python-notebook
A step-by-step guide to analyzing data with Python and the Jupyter notebook.
storysniffer
Inspect a URL and estimate if it contains a news story
django-greeking
Django template tools for printing filler, a technique from the days of hot type known as greeking
django-yamlfield
A Django database field for storing YAML data
amateur-satellite-database
The amateur satellites in space
python-open-source-template
A template for open-source Python software repositories
fed-dot-plot-scraper
Extracting the "dot plot" economic projections posted online by the Federal Open Market Committee
muckrockbot
A Twitter bot that posts the latest public records requests filed and completed at muckrock.com
moneyinpolitics.wtf
America's most comprehensive dictionary of campaign finance jargon. A free resource created by and for data journalists.
old-la-photos
A bot that posts photographs from the Los Angeles Public Library's digital collection
django-calaccess-processed-data
A Django app to transform and refine campaign-finance data from the California Secretary of State’s CAL-ACCESS database
noaa-hurricane-gis-scraper
Automated downloads of geographic information system data posted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center
sanbornmaps
A bot that posts random images from the Library of Congress collection of Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps
metar-weather-bot
A Twitter bot that posts the latest METAR and EPA weather report for LAX airport
nyc-open-data-monitor
Automated monitoring of new and updated datasets posted to New York City's data portal
django-calaccess-downloads-website
An open-source archive of campaign finance and lobbying disclosure data from the California Secretary of State’s CAL-ACCESS database
first-automated-chart
Learn how you can use Python and the Datawrapper API to create a limitless number of charts and maps
reuters-jobs
A bot that posts job openings at Reuters News
studs-terkel-podcast
Selections from the WFMT collection of Terkel’s radio interviews, delivered each Friday
nws-aurora
Download forecast data for Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis from the National Weather Service