🔍 SearchScraper

A Python-based web scraping application that automates search queries using Selenium WebDriver and extracts search result information. This project demonstrates browser automation, dynamic web interaction, and basic web scraping techniques.

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🚀 Features

• Perform automated search queries
• Extract search result titles and links
• Browser automation using Selenium
• Automatic WebDriver management
• Handles dynamic page loading using explicit waits
• Easy to extend for other websites

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Python 3
• Selenium
• WebDriver Manager
• Microsoft Edge WebDriver

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📂 Project Structure

SearchScraper/
│── main.py
│── requirements.txt
│── README.md
│── .gitignore
└── ...

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⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/SearchScraper.git
cd SearchScraper

2. Create a virtual environment (Optional)

Windows

python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate

Linux/macOS

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

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▶️ Run the Project

python main.py

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📸 Sample Output

Example:

Search Query: Python Selenium

1. Selenium Documentation
   https://www.selenium.dev/

2. Python Official Documentation
   https://docs.python.org/

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📚 What I Learned

• Selenium browser automation
• Explicit waits and Expected Conditions
• Dynamic web scraping
• WebDriver Manager
• Exception handling
• Python project organization
• Git and GitHub workflow

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🔮 Future Improvements

• Export results to CSV/Excel
• Add GUI using Tkinter or PyQt
• Support multiple search engines
• Headless browser mode
• Async scraping
• Logging and configuration support

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Feel free to fork this repository and submit a pull request.

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👨‍💻 Author

Hemanth Kumara R