def crawl_request_files_blocking(filelist, csvoutdir):

    s = get_project_settings()
    s['FEED_FORMAT'] = 'csv'
    s['LOG_LEVEL'] = 'DEBUG'


    for f in filelist:
        id = extractid(f)
        csvoutfile = os.path.join(csvoutdir, id+'_urls.csv')
        logfile = os.path.join(csvoutdir, id+'.log')

        stngs = s.copy()
        stngs['FEED_URI'] = csvoutfile
        stngs['LOG_FILE'] = logfile

        crawlprocess = CrawlerProcess(stngs)
        print('Started crawl process {} for {}'.format(crawlprocess, f))
        crawlprocess.crawl('googlescrape',requests_file=f)
        crawlprocess.start() # blocking call
        crawlprocess.join()

    print('CRAWL DONE') # If you reached this point, all crawl jobs are done