how to save scraped data to digital ocean with scrapy python

Hey!

To save the scraped data to DigitalOcean Spaces using Scrapy and ScrapeOps, you could do the following:

1. Create a DigitalOcean Spaces Bucket:

   • Log in to your DigitalOcean account.
   • Go to the ‘Spaces’ section and create a new space. During the creation process, you’ll choose a data center region, a unique name for your space, and whether it should be public or private.
   • Once the space is created, note down your Space name and the endpoint URL.

   https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/how-to/create/

2. Get Your Access Keys:

   • You need to generate Spaces access keys to authenticate your requests. Go to the API section in the DigitalOcean control panel.
   • Generate a new Spaces access key and secret. Note these down securely.

3. Configure Scrapy to Use DigitalOcean Spaces: Scrapy supports Amazon S3 storage, and since DigitalOcean Spaces is compatible with S3, you can use Scrapy’s S3 feed exporters. Configure your Scrapy settings.py to export data to your Space:

   https://docs.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/feed-exports.html#storages

   FEEDS = {
       's3://your_space_name/your_folder/%(name)s/%(time)s.json': {
           'format': 'json',
           'store_empty': False,
           'encoding': 'utf8',
           'uri_params': {
               'endpoint_url': 'https://your_region.digitaloceanspaces.com',  # Replace your_region with the actual region
               'aws_access_key_id': 'your_access_key',
               'aws_secret_access_key': 'your_secret_key',
           },
       },
   }
   

   Replace placeholders (your_space_name, your_folder, etc.) with your actual Space details.

4. Install AWS SDK Packages: Scrapy utilizes the AWS SDK to interact with S3-compatible services. Install the required packages:

   pip install boto3 botocore
   

With the settings properly configured, execute your Scrapy spider. The scraped data will be uploaded to your specified DigitalOcean Space in JSON format.

Let me know how it goes!

Best,

Bobby