Borrius Pokedex Scraper API

Overview

A Web Scraper API that extracts pokemon number data from Pokemon Unbound Pokedex website and outputs it to a JSON file.

• Built with Python and BeautifulSoup, Based on a tutorial from RealPython
• API Endpoints Managed by FastAPI, Hosted on Google Cloud via a Docker Container
• Location Data scraped from the Pokémon Unbound Location Guide v2.1.1.1 Excel File via OpenPyxl

Features

• Contains data for the 503 Borrius Region Pokemon found in the Popular Romhack Pokemon Unbound

• Unlike the Borrius Dex, this scraper contains the 3 Starter Pokemon (Larvitar, Metang, Gible). They're at the beginning of the Pokedex Data.

• Data provided includes:

  • Number, Name and Types
  • Sprites
  • Catch Rate
  • Gender Ratio
  • Ability
  • Weight and Height (Metric and Imperial)
  • Stats (Min, Avg Max)
  • Learned Moves (Level, Move-name, Type, Category, Power, Accuracy)
  • TM/HM Moves ( Move-name, Type, Category, Power, Accuracy)

View Sample JSON here!

Instructions

Note: As the project is completed, the Pokedex is unlikely to have changed, so you may want ot download the JSON provided. Otherwise

USING THE API ENDPOINT

Check out the Endpoints at https://borrius-pokemon-scraper-321133146790.australia-southeast1.run.app/docs

Installing and generating JSON manually

0. Install Python dependancies from requirements.txt
1. Download and extract the project by cloning this project or running the ZIP
2. Run python borrius_pokemon_scraper.py in the terminal
3. Wait for the process to completes (takes around >2 minutes)
4. Open the borrius_pokedex_data.json file in your favorite text editor and enjoy

Running the Docker Container/Api locally

0. Install all required dependancies (make sure docker desktop is running)
1. Run docker build -t borrius-pokemon-scraper .
2. Run docker run -p 8000:8000 borrius-pokemon-scraper

TO DO

• Collate Alolan, Hisui, Galar Forms invluded in the game

  • [] Add to dex after original versions (e.g. 30.a? )

• [] Fix issue with generating Starters intermittently. failing tests.

• - Rewrite evolution compile

  • - integrate

• Fix: Could not find learned move table for 10186

• [] Ensure it's compiled in the right way

FUTURE FEATURES:

• Reconfigure for use with Yda
• Display Special Encounter Pokemon data
  • Get pokemon evolutions data from pokeapi for spec. encounter