Visit Bulbapedia and pull names and descriptions from the table, 'list of Abilities.' Save as JSON.

def get_abilities():
    """Visit Bulbapedia and pull names and descriptions from the table, 'list of Abilities.' Save as JSON."""
    page = requests.get('http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ability')
    soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(page.text)
    table = soup.find("table", {"class": "sortable"})
    tablerows = [tr for tr in table.children if tr != '\n'][1:]
    abilities = {}

    for tr in tablerows:
        cells = tr.find_all('td')
        ability_name = cells[1].get_text().strip().replace(' ', '-').lower()
        ability_desc = unicode(cells[2].get_text().strip())
        abilities[ability_name] = ability_desc

    srcpath = path.dirname(__file__)
    with io.open(path.join(srcpath, 'abilities.json'), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
        f.write(json.dumps(abilities, ensure_ascii=False))