I am no expert, but I have used Python in a professional environment, and helped on board a Python newbie to build out his first project.
It would be helpful to know what your environment looks like (what OS you are running, Python version, terminal interface -- are you running cmd, powershell, terminal) and which steps prompts the reported error messages.
Starting from the first time running Python using a Windows computer, the first steps should be
Launch Powershell as admin and type in the following commands:
set-executionpolicy remotesigned
winget install python
mkdir python
cd python
python -m venv scraper
.\scraper\Scripts\activate
Following that you should be able to use pip to install more modules or packages. I have Visual Studio Code as my IDE, and that means from there I can also run code to open the text editor to write whatever code I intend to run. Be sure to save it to
C:\Users\youruseraccount\python
If your scripts are saved to that folder, you can run them from powershell by just typing in their filename. Any time you run scripts, open powershell and type cd python and then .\scraper\Scripts\activate Hit enter, then type in the name of the script you want to run.
This information dump is not the most detailed, but it should get you to the point that you can run your scripts.
And i wonder what happened in 2024 that drove people away from that service. For me, what I think of, is that time they refused to take responsibility for someone that died as a result of lies and negligence at a restaurant on their property, referred to an arbitration clause buried in the terms of service in an unrelated product only agreed to as part of a long-expired product trial.
All of that would have convinced me to cancel service.
Also, interesting timing, just this morning I received an email from Disney doubling down on arbitration, while also announcing an increase in ad presence for their "ad free" service tiers. I have never been subscribed to Disney+, though, and I can be sure I never will with that trajectory. I'm glad they can remind me constantly to never agree to use their services.