unknown command: crawl error
python, scrapy, web-crawler
Solution
You should run `scrapy crawl <your spider name>` command from being in a scrapy project folder, where `scrapy.cfg` file resides.
From the docs:
Crawling
To put our spider to work, go to the project’s top level directory and run:
`scrapy crawl <your spider name>`
Problem
I am a newbie to python. I am running python 2.7.3 version 32 bit on 64 bit OS. (I tried 64 bit but it didn't workout). I followed the tutorial and installed scrapy on my machine. I have created one project, demoz. But when I enter `scrapy crawl demoz` it shows an error. I came across this thing when i hit scrapy command under (C:\python27\scripts) it shows: ``` C:\Python27\Scripts>scrapy Scrapy 0.14.2 - no active project Usage: scrapy <command> [options] [args] Available commands: fetch Fetch a URL using the Scrapy downloader runspider Run a self-contained spider (without creating a project) settings Get settings values shell Interactive scraping console startproject Create new project version Print Scrapy version view Open URL in browser, as seen by Scrapy Use "scrapy <command> -h" to see more info about a command C:\Python27\Scripts> ``` I guess their is something missing in installation can anybody help please .. Thanks in advance..