Web Scraper Application

Vision

Empower Users with Seamless Data Retrieval

Our goal is to provide users with a seamless and intuitive platform to retrieve valuable data from the web efficiently and accurately. We aim to develop a user-friendly web scraping tool that offers customization options, high accuracy, and reliability, enabling users to effortlessly extract the information they need from various websites.

Features

• User-Friendly Interface: Easy-to-use form for entering the website URL and scraping parameters.
• Customization: Allows users to specify parameters for scraping to get precisely the data they need.
• Efficiency: Optimized scraping process for fast and resource-efficient performance.
• Accuracy: High accuracy in data extraction, ensuring reliable and correct information.
• Scalability: Designed to handle large volumes of data and scale with increasing demand.
• Security: Implemented measures to protect the scraper and scraped data, ensuring ethical scraping practices.
• Reliability: Robust error handling and recovery mechanisms for a reliable scraping process.
• Modern UI: Built with HTMX, Tailwind CSS, and HTML for a modern and responsive user interface.

Technology Stack

• Frontend: HTMX, Tailwind CSS, HTML
• Backend: Go with Colly
• Storage: Go slices for temporary data storage

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go installed on your machine. You can download it from golang.org.
• Basic understanding of HTML and web scraping concepts.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/mustafa-a-khan/restapi.git
   cd web-scraper
   

2. Install Go dependencies:

   go get -u github.com/gocolly/colly
   

3. Run the application:

   go run main.go
   

Usage

1. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080.
2. Enter the website URL and scraping parameters in the form provided.
3. Submit the form to start the scraping process.
4. View the scraped data displayed on the page.

Folder Structure

web-scraper/
├── main.go          # Entry point for the application
├── scraper.go       # Contains the logic for scraping using Colly
├── handlers.go      # Contains HTTP handlers for processing user input and displaying data
├── templates/
│   └── index.html   # HTML template for the user interface
├── static/
│   └── css/
│       └── tailwind.css  # Tailwind CSS file
└── README.md        # This file

Contributing

We welcome contributions to improve the web scraper application! Here are some ways you can contribute:

• Report bugs and suggest features using the issues tab.
• Fork the repository, make changes, and submit a pull request.
• Improve documentation and add examples.

License

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

Contact

For any questions or inquiries, please contact Mustafa Khan.

Thank you for using our Web Scraper Application! We hope it helps you efficiently retrieve the data you need.