Contract_Name_From_Defense.gov is a Python-based tool designed to automate the process of scraping award descriptions from the Department of Defense (DoD) contract awards news site. The script efficiently extracts relevant data and outputs it into an organized Excel worksheet. This project is particularly useful for data scientists, researchers, and developers who require systematic data collection from web pages for analysis and reporting.

The project includes the following files and folders:

• scraper.py: The main Python script that performs web scraping.
• requirements.txt: A file listing the necessary Python packages.
• output/: Directory where the Excel worksheets are saved after data extraction.
• README.md: Provides project information and instructions.

Before you can run the script, make sure you have Python 3 installed on your machine. You can download it from python.org.

Install all required dependencies by running the following command in your terminal:

pip install -r requirements.txt

This will install packages such as requests, beautifulsoup4, pandas, etc., which are necessary for the script to function correctly.

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/Contract_Name_From_Defense.gov.git
cd Contract_Name_From_Defense.gov

To run the script, navigate to the repository directory and execute the following command in the terminal:

python scraper.py

The script will start scraping data from the DoD contract awards news site and output the results into an Excel file located in the output/ directory.

Contributions to Contract_Name_From_Defense.gov are welcome! Here are a few ways you can contribute:

• Reporting bugs
• Suggesting enhancements
• Adding new features
• Improving documentation

To contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature').
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch).
6. Create a new Pull Request.

Please ensure your code adheres to the existing style so that our review process can be smooth and fast.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details. This ensures that the software can be freely used, modified, and shared.

For more information or to report issues, please visit the repository issues page.