academicjobscraper 0.1.0

A package to scrape and filter academic job listings

AcademicJobScraper

A Python package for scraping and filtering academic job listings from academicjobsonline.org.

Installation

pip install academicjobscraper

Usage

As a Python Module

from academicjobscraper import AcademicJobScraper

# Initialize the scraper with required keywords and optional file names
scraper = AcademicJobScraper(
    keywords=["machine learning", "deep learning", "AI"],  # Required
    links_file="job_links.csv",      # Optional (default: job_links.csv)
    data_file="jobs_data.json",      # Optional (default: jobs_data.json)
    results_file="relevant_jobs.csv"  # Optional (default: relevant_jobs.csv)
)

# Start scraping with a mother link
scraper.scrape("https://academicjobsonline.org/your-search-url")

Command Line Interface

# Basic usage with required parameters
academicjobscraper "https://academicjobsonline.org/your-search-url" "machine learning" "deep learning" "AI"

# With optional file name parameters
academicjobscraper "https://academicjobsonline.org/your-search-url" \
    "machine learning" "deep learning" "AI" \
    --links-file custom_links.csv \
    --data-file custom_data.json \
    --results-file custom_results.csv

Features

• Scrapes job listings from academicjobsonline.org
• Extracts detailed job information
• Filters jobs based on provided keywords
• Customizable output file names
• Progress tracking during scraping

Output Files

The scraper generates three files:

1. job_links.csv - Contains all scraped job URLs
2. jobs_data.json - Contains detailed information for all jobs
3. relevant_jobs.csv - Contains filtered jobs matching the keywords

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.