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# JobMiner
JobMiner – A Python-based web scraping toolkit for extracting and organizing job listings from multiple websites into structured data.

# Structure
```
scrapers/
│── demo-company/
│ │── demo_company.py
│ │── demo_company_readme.md
│ │── requirements.txt
│── another-company/
│ │── another_company.py
│ │── another_company_readme.md
│ │── requirements.txt
```
# JobMiner 🚀

A Python-based web scraping toolkit for extracting and organizing job listings from multiple websites into structured data.

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## 🧩 Table of Contents

- [About](#about)
- [Features](#features)
- [Tech Stack](#tech-stack)
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Folder Structure](#folder-structure)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [License](#license)
- [Acknowledgments](#acknowledgments)

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## 🧐 About

JobMiner is a lightweight toolkit to scrape job postings from multiple websites and convert them into structured formats (CSV / JSON / database). It helps automate the process of collecting job data for analytics, alerts, or pipelines.

This tool is ideal for:
- Developers / data scientists who want job market data
- Automation / scraping learners
- Anyone wanting a modular base to add new scrapers

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## Contributors ✨
## ✨ Features

- Scrape job listings from multiple sources
- Normalize data (title, location, company, salary, description, etc.)
- Export to JSON / CSV / database
- Modular scraper design — easy to add new website scrapers
- Easy CLI / script interface

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## 🛠 Tech Stack

- **Python 3.x**
- Web scraping libraries: `requests`, `beautifulsoup4`, maybe `selenium`
- JSON / CSV handling
- (Optional) database support (SQLite / MongoDB / etc.)
- (Optional) Logging, error handling utilities

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## ⚙️ Getting Started

### Prerequisites

- Python 3.7 or newer
- pip (or pipenv / poetry)
- Internet connection (for scraping)

### Installation

```bash
# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/beingvirus/JobMiner.git
cd JobMiner

# Create virtual environment (optional but recommended)
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # on Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

### FOLDER STRUCTURE
JobMiner/
├─ scrapers/
│ ├─ demo-company/
│ │ ├ demo_company.py
│ │ ├ demo_company_readme.md
│ │ └ requirements.txt
│ ├─ another-company/
│ │ ├ another_company.py
│ │ └ another_company_readme.md
│ └─ … (new scrapers)
├─ .github/
│ └─ … (actions, workflows, etc.)
├─ CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├─ CONTRIBUTING.md
├─ LICENSE
└─ README.md

🤝 Contributing

We warmly welcome contributions — whether they’re bug fixes, new scrapers, documentation, or test coverage.

Here’s how to get started:

Fork the repository

Create a new branch: git checkout -b feature/your-feature

Make your changes

Ensure consistency with existing style, write tests if needed

Open a Pull Request describing what you’ve done

You may mention hacktoberfest if the issue is labeled for it

Please read the CONTRIBUTING.md
and follow the code of conduct.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

🙏 Acknowledgments

Thanks to all contributors and maintainers

Inspired by many open-source scraping / data tooling projects

![Contributors Hall of Fame](https://github.aryansinghnegi.dev/?repo=beingvirus/JobMiner)
Community & Hacktoberfest participants