How to install scrapy on windows 7
Scrapy is a python library and is used to scrap and crawl the data from web. Here are the steps to install scrapy 1. Install python 2.7 First install python 2.7 from https://www.python.org/ Direct Link: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.6/python-2.7.6.msi 2. Set Environment Variables Add following paths in PATH variable C:\Python27 C:\Python27\scripts Here is a guide how to add system variables http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-addedit-environment-variables-in-windows-7/ 3. Install Visual C++ 2008 redistributables Direct Link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29 4. Install OpenSSL Website: http://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html Direct Link: http://slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL-1_0_1g.exe again add C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin in your environment variables 5. Install Setuptools and pip Setup Tools: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools PIP : http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/tid72nv9/pip-1.5.4.win32-py2.7.exe 6. pywin32 Direct Link: h