rufus-web-scraper 1.0.1

A Python package for web scraping and parsing using Selenium, BeautifulSoup, and Llama LLM.

Rufus Scraper

rufus-web-scraper is a Python package for web scraping and content parsing. It combines the power of Selenium, BeautifulSoup, and LangChain Ollama to extract and process data from web pages efficiently.

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Features

• Scrape Websites: Fetch content from webpages, including nested links.
• Clean HTML Content: Extract meaningful text by removing scripts, styles, and unnecessary elements.
• Parse with AI: Use AI models like Ollama locally to parse scraped content based on custom prompts.
• Customizable Depth: Scrape nested links up to a specified depth. (currently max_depth=1)

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Installation

Install Rufus Web Scraper with pip:

pip install rufus-web-scraper

Setting Up Before Use

Selenium Crawler API Key

To enable the Selenium crawler, you need to create a Remote API key for crawling websites:

1. Visit https://brightdata.com/.
2. Sign up for a free account.
3. Navigate to Proxies and Scraping > Click Add > Select Scraping Browser.
4. Generate a web-crawling API key and save it.
5. Pass the API key directly in the ".scrape" function.

Download the Llama Model Locally

To use the Llama model for parsing:

1. Visit https://ollama.com/download.
2. Download the Ollama setup for your platform and install it.
3. Open Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Mac/Linux).
4. Run the following command to ensure Ollama is installed:

ollama

5. Download the Llama3.1 model locally:

ollama pull llama3.1

Example Usage

import rufus-web-scraper
from rufus-web-scraper import RufusClient

client = RufusClient()
documents = client.scrape(url,scraper_key,prompt)
print(document)