open-health-inspection-scraper

Tool to get VA restaurant health inspection data from website to database. Addresses are geocoded using the SmartyStreets API. An older version uses the Google Geocoding API. To use SmartyStreets you will need to obtain a key. The Google version does not require a key but is limited to 2,500 lookups per 24-hour period.

To run:

1. cd to the scraper directory

2. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install the necessary dependencies.

3. Add config.json file with the following content:

   {"db_uri": "[URI TO MONGODB]",  
    "db_name":"[NAME OF DATABASE]",
    "ss_id": "[SmartyStreets ID]", 
    "ss_token":"[SmartyStreets Token]",
    "state": "[Full state name, i.e. Virginia, used for geocoding]",
    "state_abb": "[State abbreviation, this becomes the collection name in Mongo]"}
   

4. Run the python 2.x script

   python scrapeHealthData.py
   

5. After your first run through you will need to create a 2dsphere index on the geo field in MongoDB.

   db.[state_abb].ensureIndex({'geo': '2dsphere'})