Domain Australia Scraper

About project

This is a personal and side project for finding a better place to rent in Sydney taking multiple factors into consideration.

Factors:

Commute time
Commute Cost
Number of bedrooms against price
Suburb Profile from ABS
POI (shopping places)

Motivation

Sydney is one of the most expensive cities to live in the world. Public transport isn't great and the cost to commute is increasing everytime. The purpose of this project is to find a "bang for your buck" place to rent using:

commuting time: Property might be within 30 Km from the city but commuting time might be the same as living 50km away (better properties).
commuting cost: Catching multiple transport modes (train+bus) might increase the cost.

How to use this code:

clone repo
Install libraties pip install -r requirements.txt
Linux/Max: ./startup.sh

Commute time

Commute time is calculated using the trip planner api through NSW Open Data Platform. A developer account is required to use the APIs. The documentation contains all the required information to get started. Once the account and Application is created, the request can be tested online.

link to Jira board: https://shannondussoye.atlassian.net/browse/DOMAIN

Personal note

Exporting pycharm virtual environment

cd to venv location cd ~/venv/domain-au
source bin/activate
pip3.6 freeze -l > ~/Github/domain-au/requirements.txt
`deactivate

Create branch

git checkout -b [name_of_your_new_branch]
git push origin [name_of_your_new_branch]

https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/how-to-use-python-virtualenv`

shannondussoye / domain-au