J_Scraper

A web scraping API for scraping jobs

Job Scraping Tool with Daily Email Notifications

Overview

This project is a Python-based job scraping tool that extracts job listings from the Times Jobs website and sends daily email notifications containing the scraped data. The tool utilizes Beautiful Soup for web scraping and smtplib for email automation.

Features

Scrapes job listings from the Times Jobs website.
Sends daily email notifications with the scraped job data.
Handles errors and exceptions gracefully.
Stores scraped data in CSV format for further analysis.

Installation

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/db-keli/J_scraper.git

Navigate to the project directory:
```
cd J_scraper
```
Install the required Python dependencies:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Usage

Run the schedule.sh script to start the job scraping and email automation process:
```
sudo ./schedule.sh
```

Configuration

Modify the scrape.py file to customize the following settings:

Email sender and recipient addresses
SMTP server settings
Times Jobs website URL

Modify the schedule.sh file to schedule the time spaces to run this script

License

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

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

Support

For questions, issues, or feedback, please contact Dompeh Kofi Bright.

db-keli/J_Scraper