Ecommerce Price Scraper

A web scraping tool designed to fetch the latest prices of products from various e-commerce websites.

Features

• Multi-Platform Support: Scrapes prices from multiple e-commerce platforms.
• Real-time Updates: Fetches the most recent price data.
• Customizable: Allows users to add or remove e-commerce sites.
• Export Data: Supports exporting scraped data in multiple formats (CSV, JSON, etc.).

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed:

• Python 3.x
• Pip
• Virtual Environment (Optional but recommended)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/abhinav26966/EcommercePriceScraper.git
   cd EcommercePriceScraper

2. Set up a virtual environment (optional but recommended):

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # On Windows use `venv\Scripts\activate`

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Configure the scraper:

• Edit the config.json file to specify the e-commerce websites, products, and other settings.

2. Run the scraper:

   python scraper.py

3. View results:

• The scraped data will be available in the output/ directory by default.

Example

Here's a basic example of how to run the scraper:

  python scraper.py --site amazon --product "Samsung Galaxy S21"

Supported Sites

• Amazon
• eBay
• Walmart
• Flipkart

Contributors

• Abhinav Nagar