README.md

Mlscraper - A Web Scraper Built with Python

This script is an example of a Web Scraper Built with
Python.

Introduction

Script built with Python that extracts and stores data about the Mercado Livre website's data in a containerized SQL database.

The script uses scrapy for the website's scraping.

For more information about its usage, read the instructions below.

Technologies Used

• Python: The primary programming language used.
• Scrapy: Library responsible for the scraping
• PyMySQL: Library for connecting to and interacting with MySQL databases.
• MySQL: Database management system for storing product data.

Installation

1. Run git clone to clone the project into your local Git repository.

2. Install Requirements: Make sure you have Python installed and run:

pip install scrapy pymysql

3. The docker-compose.yml file contains a ready-to-use SQL database. To initialize it, with Docker installed and running, type the following commands:

cd docker
docker-compose up -d

Usage

To run the scraper, execute the following commands:

cd mlscraper
scrapy crawl mlscraper -a s=<your_search_term>

Example:

scrapy crawl mlscraper -a s=smartphone