CopyScape API Connector

A simple connector for checking URLs against CopyScape's API for duplication of the content. This script will work on Python 3.5+ and returns data in the form of a pd.DataFrame():

columns =  ['url',  # Matched URL
            'title',  # Title of the matched URL
            'min_match_words'  # Minimum number of matched words, 
            'viewurl',  # CopyScape URL to view comparison
            'textsnippet'  # Text from positive match
            'query_url'  # The URL queried for the result

Setting It Up

The script requires API information to be included in a file named copyscape_api_key.txt which contains a dictionary with the keys api_key and username. To check if your setup is correct use the following to ensure the api creds are being read correctly:

import copyscape_connector as cc

report_obj = cc.CopyScapeReport()
print(report_obj.user_name, report_obj.api_key)

To pull records based on a single URL:

url = 'https://www.localseoguide.com'

cc.CopyScapeReport().check_url_for_copies(url)

To pull records for a list of URLs:

url_list = ['https://www.localseoguide.com'
            'https://www.localu.com/',
            'https://blumenthals.com/blog/'] 

cc.process_list_of_urls(url_list)

Current Functionality:

• Pull URLs that have been flagged as having duplicated content by providing a list of URLs.