YCombinator-Scraper

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YCombinator-Scraper provides a web scraping tool for extracting data from Workatastartup website. The package uses Selenium and BeautifulSoup to navigate through the pages and extract information.

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Documentation: https://nneji123.github.io/ycombinator-scraper

Source Code: https://github.com/nneji123/ycombinator-scraper

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Features

• Web Scraping Capabilities:

  • Extract detailed information about companies, including name, description, tags, images, job links, and social media links.
  • Scrape job-specific details such as title, salary range, tags, and description.

• Founder and Company Data Extraction:

  • Obtain information about company founders, including name, image, description, linkedIn profile, and optional email addresses.

• Headless Mode:

  • Run the scraper in headless mode to perform web scraping without displaying a browser window.

• Configurability:

  • Easily configure scraper settings such as login credentials, logs directory, automatic install of webdriver based on browser with webdriver-manager package and using environment variables or a configuration file.

• Command-Line Interface (CLI):

  • Command-line tools to perform various scraping tasks interactively or in batch mode.

• Data Output Formats:

  • Save scraped data in JSON or CSV format, providing flexibility for further analysis or integration with other tools.

• Caching Mechanism:

  • Implement a caching feature to store function results for a specified duration, reducing redundant web requests and improving performance.

• Docker Support:

  • Package the scraper as a Docker image, enabling easy deployment and execution in containerized environments or run the prebuilt docker image docker pull nneji123/ycombinator_scraper.

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• Chrome or Chromium browser installed.

Installation

$ pip install ycombinator-scraper
$ ycscraper --help

# Output
YCombinator-Scraper Version 0.7.0
Usage: python -m ycombinator_scraper [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  login
  scrape-company
  scrape-founders
  scrape-job
  version

With Docker

$ git clone https://github.com/Nneji12/ycombinator-scraper
$ cd ycombinator-scraper
$ docker build -t your_name/scraper_name . # e.g docker build -t nneji123/ycombinator_scraper .
$ docker run nneji123/ycombinator_scraper python -m ycombinator_scraper --help

Dependencies

• click: Enables the creation of a command-line interface for interacting with the scraper tool.
• beautifulsoup4: Facilitates the parsing and extraction of data from HTML and XML in the web scraping process.
• loguru: Provides a robust logging framework to track and manage log messages generated during the scraping process.
• pandas: Utilized for the manipulation and organization of data, particularly in generating CSV files from scraped information.
• pathlib: Offers an object-oriented approach to handle file system paths, contributing to better file management within the project.
• pydantic: Used for data validation and structuring the models that represent various aspects of scraped data.
• pydantic-settings: Extends Pydantic to enhance the management of settings in the project.
• selenium: Employs browser automation for web scraping, allowing interaction with dynamic web pages and extraction of information.

Usage

With CLI

ycscraper scrape-company --company-url https://www.workatastartup.com/companies/example-inc

This command will scrape data for the specified company and save it in the default output format (JSON).

With Library

from ycombinator_scraper import Scraper

scraper = Scraper()
company_data = scraper.scrape_company_data("https://www.workatastartup.com/companies/example-inc")
print(company_data.model_dump_json(by_alias=True,indent=2))

Pydantic is used under the hood so methods like model_dump_json are available for all the scraped data.

You can view more examples here: Examples

Contribution

We welcome contributions from the community! To contribute to this project, follow the steps below.

Setting Up Development Environment

Gitpod

You can use Gitpod, a free online VS Code-like environment, to quickly start contributing.

Local Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/nneji123/ycombinator-scraper.git
   cd ycombinator-scraper

2. Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended):

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Running Tests

Make sure to run tests before submitting a pull request.

pip install -r requirements-test.txt
pytest tests

Installing Documentation Requirements

If you make changes to documentation, install the necessary dependencies:

pip install -r requirements-docs.txt
mkdocs serve

Setting Up Pre-Commit Hooks

We use pre-commit to ensure code quality. Install it by running:

pip install pre-commit
pre-commit install

Now, pre-commit will run automatically before each commit to check for linting and other issues.

Submitting a Pull Request

1. Fork the repository and create a new branch for your contribution:

   git checkout -b feature-or-fix-branch

2. Make your changes and commit them:

   git add .
   git commit -am "Your meaningful commit message"

3. Push the changes to your fork:

   git push origin feature-or-fix-branch

4. Open a pull request on GitHub. Provide a clear title and description of your changes.

Documentation

The documentation is made with Material for MkDocs and is hosted by GitHub Pages.

License

YCombinator-Scraper is distributed under the terms of the MIT license.