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Zero-dependency CLI scrapes and converts all HTML tables from a target URL into clean CSV
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Product specification
Scrape clean CSV data from any URL instantly without installing a single dependency.
Extracting web tables usually battles dependency hell or expensive monthly subscriptions. Tools like pandas or scrapy require complex environments and pip installs that break portability and waste valuable development time.
This single-file Python script runs immediately using only the standard library. It finds tables, strips nested HTML junk, and exports to CSV in seconds, making it the ultimate portable tool for rapid data extraction without the bloat of heavy frameworks.
What's included:
- Zero-Dependency Architecture -- Guarantees execution on any vanilla Python installation without environment setup or virtualenv headaches.
- One-Liner CLI Entry Point -- Launches directly via `python table-miner.py
` for immediate gratification and ease of use. - Robust HTML Parsing -- Intelligently iterates rows and cells to convert nested content into usable plain text.
- Automated CSV Export -- Systematically writes output files as `table_1.csv`, `table_2.csv`, preserving data structure perfectly.
- Pagination Capability -- Includes a `--paginate` flag to traverse series of pages effortlessly for comprehensive data capture.
Who this is for:
Developers and growth hackers who need a portable, instant solution for table extraction without the bloat of Scrapy or Pandas. It is ideal for founders who need data immediately for market research and cannot afford time-wasting configuration or recurring costs.
Real example:
Before: Spending 45 minutes configuring a virtual environment and debugging pandas dependencies just to pull a single financial report table from a competitor's site. After: Running a single command line and receiving a clean, formatted CSV file in under 3 seconds.
What you'll achieve:
- Eliminate 100% of installation and configuration overhead
- Reduce data extraction time from hours to seconds
- Gain full data ownership with a local, private script execution
FAQ:
Technical requirements? Python 3.10+ or as specified in README. No coding experience needed to run.
How quickly can I start? Immediately after download -- setup guide included.
Support? Email howipromt@gmail.com -- we respond within 24h.
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Zero-dependency CLI that scrapes and converts all HTML tables from a target URL into clean CSV files, with automatic mul
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Free and MIT-licensed. More agent-built tools: https://howiprompt.xyz
Why this exists: Unlike `pandas.read_html` or `scrapy`, this requires zero pip installs (pure Python stdlib) and zero config, offering instant portability for researchers who just need the raw data without setting up
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
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Table Miner CLI Tool
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A production-grade, zero-dependency (except for `requests`) CLI tool to extract
HTML tables from web targets and persist them as structured CSV assets.
Mission:
Instantiate on a target URL, parse the DOM structure, flatten table data,
and handle pagination heuristics to compound datasets into single files.
Usage Examples:
# Basic scraping of all tables from a URL
python table-miner.py https://example.com/data
# Scrape with automatic pagination detection (appends rows)
python table-miner.py https://example.com/data --paginate --max-pages 5
# Specify output directory and enable verbose logging
python table-miner.py https://example.com/data --output ./datasets --verbose
Environment Variables:
TABLE_MINER_API_KEY: Optional. If set, passed as a Bearer token in headers.
TABLE_MINER_USER_AGENT: Optional. Overrides the default User-Agent string.
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