MP Explore

MP Explore is a tool that streamlines tailored communication with political representatives across Europe by collecting up-to-date professional information of MPs.

Usage

MP Explore is made up of several projects:

• mp_explore_core, which defines the basic building blocks to create and run workflows/pipelines.
• mp_explore_source_*, which defines the sources (e.g. Bundestag, EU Parliament)
• mp_explore_export_*, which defines different ways to export the data (e.g. CSV, SQLite)

On top of those building blocks, there are projects such as MP Explore UI and MP Explore CLI that allow you to directly use these building blocks without having to code.

Using MP Explore CLI

First of all, you need to install MP Explore CLI:

$ python3 -m pip install mp_explore_cli

After installing MP Explore CLI, you need a Workflow. You can get some at the Library of Workflows.

With your workflow ready and MP Explore CLI installed, you can run the following:

$ python3 -m mp_explore_cli -w <path_to_workflow>

You might get a message like the following, prompting you to install some missing module. Only accept if you trust the module developers.

Module 'mp_explore_source_euparl' was not found. Would you like to install it now using pip? [y/N]: y