Job web scraper

Scrapes the web for recently posted mechanical engineering jobs in Kenya

Installation Guide

1. Make sure python 3.9 or higher is installed in your machine

2. Create virtual environment

   python3 -m venv venv

3. Check here for more info on python virtual environments. Activate virtual environment with following commands.

   source venv/bin/activate for Linux distros

   and

   venv\Scripts\activate.bat for Windows cmd

4. Install required dependencies (BeautifulSoup, lxml, requests) from requirements.txt file using the command

   pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run the command below in your terminal to get job suggestions. Standard output redirected to text file. Internet connection required

   python main.py > jobs.txt

6. Open jobs.txt