crunchbase_parser

This parser queries the Crunchbase API and downloads information about startups and their funding.

Use

1. Install Python 2.X
2. Clone the parser into a folder of your choosing
3. Create a text file called "api_key.txt" containing your Crunchbase API string
4. In the script, in search_phrase, enter a keyword that you'd like to search on. The value "analytics" is provided as the default. If no phrases are provided, the parser will download all companies
5. Run the script
6. For MongoDB support, make sure that MongoDB is installed and available locally