pyselenscrapr 0.0.1

A web scraping library for selenium and beautifulsoup

Here is a sample code for a good scraper logic with some validation logic. It helps to build a good scraper with validation steps and repeat logic.

Installation

pip install pyselenscrapr

Usage

from pyselenscraper.ScrapingBot import ScrapingBot, TakeScreenshotModes
from pyselenscraper.ScrapingLogic import ScrapingLogic
from pyselenscraper.ScrapingStep import ScrapingStep, ScrapingStepInterval, ScrapingStepErrorHandling

...
# Initialize selenium driver
driver = webdriver.Remote("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub", options=ff_options)
...

robot = ScrapingBot(driver, take_screenshots_mode=TakeScreenshotModes.Always)

try:

   search_command = "wikipedia matrix movies"

   robot.add_step(ScrapingStep("Check if there is a visible 'Accept all' or 'decline all' button",
                               lambda l: l.get_best_element("//button//div[contains(text(), 'All')]").click(),
                               interval=ScrapingStepInterval.BeforeAnyStep,
                               error_handling=ScrapingStepErrorHandling.Ignore,
                               can_execute=lambda l: l.current_url and "google" in l.current_url and l.is_visible("//button//div[contains(text(), 'All')]"),
                               was_executed=lambda l: not l.is_visible("//button//div[contains(text(), 'All')]"),),
                  step_group="default")

   ...
   # Your scraper Logic here
   ...

   finished_success = robot.run()

   if finished_success:
       print("The robot finished successfully")
   else:
       print("The robot did not finish successfully")

except Exception as e:
   log.error(e)
finally:
   driver.quit()

Documentation

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License

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