JobSpy

JobSpy searches the web for job openings in software development and presents them in one simple to use website.

Description

JobSpy uses an advanced job scraping algorithm to find developer jobs on popular jobseeker websites such as Seek and Trade Me. All the user has to do is search for their desired job and be presented with relevant results. Users are also able to create and list their own job listings and have them featured for $1.

Getting Started

Dependencies

• Recent version of Windows 10 or MacOS
• Recent version of Node.js/npm

Installing

Windows

1. Clone the repo

https://github.com/ChalzZy/job-spy.git

2. Open a terminal window at job-spy/website/myapp
3. Install npm packages

npm install

4. Save a .env file in job-spy/website/myapp

URI='your mongodb key'
EMAIL='your email'
PASSWORD='your email's password'
CAPTCHA='your captcha key'

MacOS

1. Clone the repo

https://github.com/ChalzZy/job-spy.git

2. Open a terminal window at job-spy/website/myapp
3. Install npm packages

npm install

4. Install bcrypt

npm install bcrypt

5. Save a .env file in job-spy/website/myapp

URI='your mongodb key'
EMAIL='your email'
PASSWORD='your email's password'
CAPTCHA='your captcha key'

Note that MacOS installations of the Bcrypt module are not compatible with Windows and vice versa. Consider gitignoring modules.

Executing program

1. Open a terminal window at job-spy/website/myapp
2. Start the server

npm start

3. Load the website

• Enter localhost:3000 in a browser (Chrome is recommended)
• or Enter your local IP address in a browser for mobile devices

Authors

• Jona Stevenson - GitHub - LinkedIn

• Charles Monaghan - GitHub - LinkedIn

• Ruben Gueorguiev - GitHub - LinkedIn

• Ranul Jayawardena - GitHub - LinkedIn