Download PGNs from Chess Life Magazine

Automates the process of downloading pgn files from the US Chess Federation Chess Life Magazine using selenium and webdriver

Features

• Concurrently scrapes multiple pages to find download links
• Downloads files using Selenium with ChromeDriver
• Configurable download directory and browser options
• Logs errors to file for troubleshooting

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• requests
• beautifulsoup4
• selenium
• ChromeDriver compatible with your Chrome version

Installation

1. Install the required Python packages:

pip install requests beautifulsoup4 selenium

2. Download a compatible version of ChromeDriver

3. Update CHROME_PATH to your Chrome executable.

4. Set CHROME_DRIVER_PATH to your ChromeDriver executable.

5. Optionaly set DOWNLOAD_DIR

Usage

Run the script from the command line:

python clm.py

Troubleshooting

• Ensure ChromeDriver is compatible with your installed version of Chrome.
• Check the selenium.log file for details on any errors encountered during execution.
• Verify that the configured download directory exists and is writable.

TODO

• Fix issue with Chrome downloading files in wrong directory