Musical Instrument Retailer - Used Gear Scraper

This is a Python-based web scraper that collects product listings from a popular musical instrument retailer's website. It allows users to interactively select a product category and the number of pages to scrape, then outputs detailed product information to a CSV file.

Features

• Category selection (e.g., Guitars, Drums, Keyboards, etc.)
• User-defined number of pages to scrape
• Extracts the following fields:
  • Product Name
  • Product Price
  • Store Location
  • Condition
  • Product Image URL
  • Product Link URL
• Saves results as a .csv file in the output folder

Requirements

Install required libraries with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

requirements.txt includes:

• requests
• beautifulsoup4
• lxml
• pandas
• fake-useragent

How to Use

• Clone or download this repository.
• Choose a category by entering the corresponding letter.
• Enter how many pages you want to scrape.
• After scraping, the data will be saved in the output/ directory as a timestamped .csv file.

Output Example

A sample row in the output CSV:

Title	Price	Store	Condition	Image
Used Fender Strat	$599	Portland, OR	Great	https://gc.com/image/guitar.jpg

Notes

Be respectful with your scraping. The script includes randomized delays to avoid hammering the site with requests. This scraper is intended for educational and personal use.