The goal of ralger is to facilitate web scraping in R. For a quick video tutorial, I gave a talk at useR2020, which you can find here
You can install the ralger package from CRAN with:
or you can install the development version from GitHub with:
scrap()This is an example which shows how to extract top ranked universities’ names according to the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy:
library(ralger)
my_link <- "http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2020.html"
my_node <- "#UniversityRanking a" # The class ID , we recommend SelectorGadget
best_uni <- scrap(link = my_link, node = my_node)
#> Undefined Error: Error in open.connection(x, "rb"): cannot open the connection
head(best_uni, 10)
#> [1] NAThanks to the robotstxt, you can set
askRobot = T to ask the robots.txt file if
it’s permitted to scrape a specific web page.
If you want to scrap multiple list pages, just use
scrap() in conjunction with paste0().
table_scrap()If you want to extract an HTML Table, you can use
the table_scrap() function. Take a look at this webpage
which lists the highest gross revenues in the cinema industry. You can
extract the HTML table as follows:
data <- table_scrap(link ="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW")
head(data)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 4
#> Rank Title `Lifetime Gross` Year
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <int>
#> 1 1 Avatar $2,923,707,455 2009
#> 2 2 Avengers: Endgame $2,799,439,100 2019
#> 3 3 Avatar: The Way of Water $2,320,250,281 2022
#> 4 4 Titanic $2,264,812,968 1997
#> 5 5 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens $2,071,310,218 2015
#> 6 6 Avengers: Infinity War $2,052,415,039 2018When you deal with a web page that contains many HTML table
you can use the choose argument to target a specific
table
tidy_scrap()Sometimes you’ll find some useful information on the internet that
you want to extract in a tabular manner however these information are
not provided in an HTML format. In this context, you can use the
tidy_scrap() function which returns a tidy data frame
according to the arguments that you introduce. The function takes four
arguments:
We’ll work on the famous IMDb website. Let’s say we need a data frame composed of:
We will need to use the tidy_scrap() function as
follows:
my_link <- "https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?groups=top_250&sort=user_rating"
my_nodes <- c(
".lister-item-header a", # The title
".text-muted.unbold", # The year of release
".ratings-imdb-rating strong" # The rating)
)
names <- c("title", "year", "rating") # respect the nodes order
tidy_scrap(link = my_link, nodes = my_nodes, colnames = names)
#> # A tibble: 0 × 3
#> # ℹ 3 variables: title <chr>, year <chr>, rating <chr>Note that all columns will be of character class. you’ll have to convert them according to your needs.
titles_scrap()Using titles_scrap(), one can efficiently scrape titles
which correspond to the h1, h2 & h3 HTML tags.
If we go to the New York Times, we can easily extract the titles displayed within a specific web page :
titles_scrap(link = "https://www.nytimes.com/")
#> [1] "New York Times - Top Stories"
#> [2] "Weather"
#> [3] "More News"
#> [4] "Well"
#> [5] "Culture and Lifestyle"
#> [6] "The AthleticSports coverage"
#> [7] "AudioPodcasts and narrated articles"
#> [8] "CookingRecipes and guides"
#> [9] "WirecutterProduct recommendations"
#> [10] "GamesDaily puzzles"
#> [11] "Site Index"
#> [12] "Site Information Navigation"
#> [13] "Sections"
#> [14] "Top Stories"
#> [15] "Newsletters"
#> [16] "Podcasts"
#> [17] "Sections"
#> [18] "Top Stories"
#> [19] "Newsletters"
#> [20] "Sections"
#> [21] "Top Stories"
#> [22] "Newsletters"
#> [23] "Podcasts"
#> [24] "Sections"
#> [25] "Recommendations"
#> [26] "Newsletters"
#> [27] "Podcasts"
#> [28] "Sections"
#> [29] "Columns"
#> [30] "Newsletters"
#> [31] "Podcasts"
#> [32] "Sections"
#> [33] "Topics"
#> [34] "Columnists"
#> [35] "Podcasts"
#> [36] "Audio"
#> [37] "Listen"
#> [38] "Featured"
#> [39] "Newsletters"
#> [40] "Games"
#> [41] "Play"
#> [42] "Community"
#> [43] "Newsletters"
#> [44] "Cooking"
#> [45] "Recipes"
#> [46] "Editors' Picks"
#> [47] "Newsletters"
#> [48] "Wirecutter"
#> [49] "Reviews"
#> [50] "The Best..."
#> [51] "Newsletters"
#> [52] "The Athletic"
#> [53] "Leagues"
#> [54] "Top Stories"
#> [55] "Newsletters"
#> [56] "Play"
#> [57] "Sections"
#> [58] "Top Stories"
#> [59] "Newsletters"
#> [60] "Podcasts"
#> [61] "Sections"
#> [62] "Top Stories"
#> [63] "Newsletters"
#> [64] "Sections"
#> [65] "Top Stories"
#> [66] "Newsletters"
#> [67] "Podcasts"
#> [68] "Sections"
#> [69] "Recommendations"
#> [70] "Newsletters"
#> [71] "Podcasts"
#> [72] "Sections"
#> [73] "Columns"
#> [74] "Newsletters"
#> [75] "Podcasts"
#> [76] "Sections"
#> [77] "Topics"
#> [78] "Columnists"
#> [79] "Podcasts"
#> [80] "Audio"
#> [81] "Listen"
#> [82] "Featured"
#> [83] "Newsletters"
#> [84] "Games"
#> [85] "Play"
#> [86] "Community"
#> [87] "Newsletters"
#> [88] "Cooking"
#> [89] "Recipes"
#> [90] "Editors' Picks"
#> [91] "Newsletters"
#> [92] "Wirecutter"
#> [93] "Reviews"
#> [94] "The Best..."
#> [95] "Newsletters"
#> [96] "The Athletic"
#> [97] "Leagues"
#> [98] "Top Stories"
#> [99] "Newsletters"
#> [100] "Play"Further, it’s possible to filter the results using the
contain argument:
paragraphs_scrap()In the same way, we can use the paragraphs_scrap()
function to extract paragraphs. This function relies on the
p HTML tag.
Let’s get some paragraphs from the lovely ropensci.org website:
paragraphs_scrap(link = "https://ropensci.org/")
#> [1] ""
#> [2] "We help develop R packages for the sciences via community driven learning, review and\nmaintenance of contributed software in the R ecosystem"
#> [3] "Use our carefully vetted, staff- and community-contributed R software tools that lower barriers to working with local and remote scientific data sources. Combine our tools with the rich ecosystem of R packages."
#> [4] "Workflow Tools for Your Code and Data"
#> [5] "Get Data from the Web"
#> [6] "Convert and Munge Data"
#> [7] "Document and Release Your Data"
#> [8] "Visualize Data"
#> [9] "Work with Databases From R"
#> [10] "Access, Manipulate, Convert Geospatial Data"
#> [11] "Interact with Web Resources"
#> [12] "Use Image & Audio Data"
#> [13] "Access Scientific Literature Databases, Analyze Scientific Papers (and Text in General)"
#> [14] "Secure Your Data and Workflow"
#> [15] "Statistical algorithms and statistics-specific workflows"
#> [16] "Handle and Transform Taxonomic Information"
#> [17] "Get inspired by real examples of how our packages can be used."
#> [18] "Or browse scientific publications that cited our packages."
#> [19] "Our suite of packages is comprised of contributions from staff engineers and the wider R\ncommunity via a transparent, constructive and open review process utilising GitHub's open\nsource infrastructure."
#> [20] "We combine academic peer reviews with production software code reviews to create a\ntransparent, collaborative & more efficient review process\n "
#> [21] "Based on best practices of software development and standards of R, its\napplications and user base."
#> [22] "Our diverse community of academics, data scientists and developers provide a\nplatform for shared learning, collaboration and reproducible science"
#> [23] "We welcome you to join us and help improve tools and practices available to\nresearchers while receiving greater visibility to your contributions. You can\ncontribute with your packages, resources or post questions so our members will help\nyou along your process."
#> [24] "Discover, learn and get involved in helping to shape the future of Data Science"
#> [25] "Join in our Community Calls with fellow developers and scientists - open\nto all"
#> [26] "Upcoming events including meetings at which our team members are speaking."
#> [27] "The latest developments from rOpenSci and the wider R community"
#> [28] "Release notes, updates and package related developements"
#> [29] "A digest of R package and software review news, use cases, blog posts, and events, curated monthly. Subscribe to get it in your inbox, or check the archive."
#> [30] "Happy rOpenSci users can be found at"
#> [31] "Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under the CC-BY license •\nPrivacy Policy • Cookies"If needed, it’s possible to collapse the paragraphs into one bag of words:
paragraphs_scrap(link = "https://ropensci.org/", collapse = TRUE)
#> [1] " We help develop R packages for the sciences via community driven learning, review and\nmaintenance of contributed software in the R ecosystem Use our carefully vetted, staff- and community-contributed R software tools that lower barriers to working with local and remote scientific data sources. Combine our tools with the rich ecosystem of R packages. Workflow Tools for Your Code and Data Get Data from the Web Convert and Munge Data Document and Release Your Data Visualize Data Work with Databases From R Access, Manipulate, Convert Geospatial Data Interact with Web Resources Use Image & Audio Data Access Scientific Literature Databases, Analyze Scientific Papers (and Text in General) Secure Your Data and Workflow Statistical algorithms and statistics-specific workflows Handle and Transform Taxonomic Information Get inspired by real examples of how our packages can be used. Or browse scientific publications that cited our packages. Our suite of packages is comprised of contributions from staff engineers and the wider R\ncommunity via a transparent, constructive and open review process utilising GitHub's open\nsource infrastructure. We combine academic peer reviews with production software code reviews to create a\ntransparent, collaborative & more efficient review process\n Based on best practices of software development and standards of R, its\napplications and user base. Our diverse community of academics, data scientists and developers provide a\nplatform for shared learning, collaboration and reproducible science We welcome you to join us and help improve tools and practices available to\nresearchers while receiving greater visibility to your contributions. You can\ncontribute with your packages, resources or post questions so our members will help\nyou along your process. Discover, learn and get involved in helping to shape the future of Data Science Join in our Community Calls with fellow developers and scientists - open\nto all Upcoming events including meetings at which our team members are speaking. The latest developments from rOpenSci and the wider R community Release notes, updates and package related developements A digest of R package and software review news, use cases, blog posts, and events, curated monthly. Subscribe to get it in your inbox, or check the archive. Happy rOpenSci users can be found at Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under the CC-BY license •\nPrivacy Policy • Cookies"weblink_scrap()weblink_scrap() is used to srape the web links available
within a web page. Useful in some cases, for example, getting a list of
the available PDFs:
weblink_scrap(link = "https://www.worldbank.org/en/access-to-information/reports/",
contain = "PDF",
case_sensitive = FALSE)
#> [1] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/d66752542a83742a813226d1ba21e491-0090012025/original/Access-to-Information-2023-annual-report.pdf"
#> [2] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/b71359e454b5218f4f19ca563c2b7307-0090012023/original/World-Bank-Access-to-Information-FY22-annual-report.pdf"
#> [3] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/7a92bafb1fb3bafb9e927c96814037e8-0090012022/original/Access-to-Information-FY21-annual-report.pdf"
#> [4] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/142b0dab31674dfda9092a5ff75f8839-0090012021/original/Access-to-Infromation-FY20-annual-report.pdf"
#> [5] "https://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/304561593192266592/pdf/A2i-2019-annual-report-FINAL.pdf"
#> [6] "https://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/539071573586305710/pdf/A2I-annual-report-2018-Final.pdf"
#> [7] "https://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/742661529439484831/WBG-AI-2017-annual-report.pdf"
#> [8] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/37f0a0f7158d36ceba6dced594e0941b-0090012017/original/Access-to-Information-2016-annual-report.pdf"
#> [9] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/8fd4202c2d4e5ea840ff4831696fc5fa-0090012014/original/AtI-annual-report-2014.pdf"
#> [10] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/4f7f07e6900170b23054ef25435b7abe-0090012013/original/AtI-annual-report-2013.pdf"
#> [11] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/6f0d524fa2b5f07107d23ab462648661-0090012012/original/AtI-annual-report-2012.pdf"
#> [12] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/271c77cc992b371a5483b1a673a7e585-0090012012/original/18-month-report-Dec-2012.pdf"
#> [13] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/97e8f8df56bbb50351ffde0abf997f82-0090012011/original/AtI-annual-report-2011.pdf"
#> [14] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/73c97ee6cfadac12ad3707b94a17c5f5-0090012016/original/2016-AI-Survey-Report-Final.pdf"
#> [15] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/12089854b2021eab67813ac3848bec80-0090012016/original/Write-in-comments-AI-Survey-2016.pdf"
#> [16] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/d86a6fa48d020ec4a4bccca3fbb8e7c0-0090012015/original/Write-in-comments-AI-Survey-2015.pdf"
#> [17] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/62c28144331b0da23493528701e98ef6-0090012014/original/2014-AI-Survey-Written-comments.pdf"
#> [18] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/e376a3efb71bd6992e9effd802c03a16-0090012013/original/2013-AI-Survey-Written-comments.pdf"
#> [19] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/72a6e671a0bad69a7bfa47e49b2ae66c-0090012012/original/2012-AI-Survey-Written-comments.pdf"
#> [20] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/cd0c45e42c81512e7097199a87535815-0090012011/original/2011-AI-Survey-Written-comments.pdf"
#> [21] "https://ppfdocuments.azureedge.net/2e76f09a-3e3c-419c-a153-b44599fdad9a.pdf"
#> [22] "https://ppfdocuments.azureedge.net/3ba1be72-8abd-42f2-b268-3d2392059f11.pdf"
#> [23] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/f0f3591783459d7180c63031952926b0-0090012021/original/Atttachment-C-Guidance-for-Clients-Partners-FINAL-4-1-2011.pdf"
#> [24] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/3381060fb1b8d4f07813f5e9bb5f7998-0090012015/original/PPF-Mapping-AI-Policy.pdf"
#> [25] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/66cf8f975d74166e1e38994df4c525b4-0090012021/original/AI-Interpretations.pdf"
#> [26] "https://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/270371588347691497/pdf/Access-to-Information-Policy-Arabic.pdf"
#> [27] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/ef071720690bb6c89776d517e61cdf21-0090012021/original/2020001878SPAspa001-Access-to-Information.pdf"
#> [28] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/80b3b3a77e393ec0037a1423a75ba636-0090012021/original/Access-to-Information-Policy-Chinese.pdf"
#> [29] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/f0385d282839e81d30ea1a5f5c58ae62-0090012021/original/2021002699FREfre001-Access-to-Information-Policy.pdf"
#> [30] "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/d33b6d9c76a74b49f46d340356944428-0090012021/original/2020002699RUSrus001-Access-to-Information-Policy.pdf"
#> [31] "https://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/248301574182372360/World-Bank-consultations-guidelines.pdf"images_scrap() and images_preview()images_preview() allows you to scrape the URLs of the
images available within a web page so that you can choose which images
extension (see below) you want to focus on.
Let’s say we want to list all the images from the official RStudio website:
images_preview(link = "https://rstudio.com/")
#> [1] "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=151855192184380&ev=PageView&noscript=1"
#> [2] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [3] "/wp-content/themes/Posit/assets/images/posit-logo-2024.svg"
#> [4] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [5] "/wp-content/themes/Posit/assets/images/posit-logo-white-2024.svg"
#> [6] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [7] "https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/5y73q5x2mv/swatch"
#> [8] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [9] "https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/hb9i5nawmw/swatch"
#> [10] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [11] "/wp-content/themes/Posit/assets/images/posit-logo-2024.svg"
#> [12] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [13] "/wp-content/themes/Posit/assets/images/posit-logo-white-2024.svg"
#> [14] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [15] "https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/5y73q5x2mv/swatch"
#> [16] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [17] "https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/hb9i5nawmw/swatch"
#> [18] "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAnQAAAJ0AQAAAACzEoNiAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAABISURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA4NcAxEAAATUEFaoAAAAASUVORK5CYII="
#> [19] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/home-hero-connect-e1689269684616.jpg"
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#> [21] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conf2025_general-2-social-square.jpg"
#> [22] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [23] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/enterprise.svg"
#> [24] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [25] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/door-open.svg"
#> [26] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [27] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cloud.svg"
#> [28] "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAB4AAAAQ0AQAAAAC3ajyVAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAESSURBVHja7cGBAAAAAMOg+VOf4AZVAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADwDPUhAAFqAhasAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"
#> [29] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dow-video-screengrab.jpg"
#> [30] "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABQAAAALQAQAAAADnBuD7AAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAACHSURBVHja7cExAQAAAMKg9U9tCU+gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHgaxN8AAZz3lEoAAAAASUVORK5CYII="
#> [31] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ping-hero.jpg"
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#> [33] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cust-reykjavik.jpg"
#> [34] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [35] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/posit-icon-python.svg"
#> [36] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [37] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/People.svg"
#> [38] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [39] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Finance.svg"
#> [40] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [41] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Data.svg"
#> [42] "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="
#> [43] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Light.svg"
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#> [45] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nasa-logo-blk.png"
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#> [47] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Accenture-logo-blk.png"
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#> [49] "https://posit.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Walmart-blk.png"
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#> [104] "https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=218281&fmt=gif"images_scrap() on the other hand download the images. It
takes the following arguments:
link: The URL of the web page;
imgpath: The destination folder of your images.
It defaults to getwd()
extn: the extension of the image: jpg, png, jpeg … among others;
askRobot: ask the robots.txt file if it’s permitted to scrape the web page.
In the following example we extract all the png images
from RStudio :
# Suppose we're in a project which has a folder called my_images:
images_scrap(link = "https://rstudio.com/",
imgpath = here::here("my_images"),
extn = "png") # without the .The images will be downloaded into the folder
here::here("myimages").
Please note that the ralger project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.