Task 2 : Adding Dependencies and Web Scraping

[mohammad-fahs]

Task 2 :

Objective:

In this task, you will initialize a new Spring Boot project, add the JSoup dependency, and write a simple Java program to scrape data from a website of your choice. The goal is to get hands-on experience with setting up a Spring Boot project, using an external library (JSoup), and applying web scraping techniques.

Instructions:

1. Initialize a New Spring Boot Project:
   • Visit [Spring Initializr](https://start.spring.io/) and generate a new Spring Boot project with the following settings:
     • Project: Maven
     • Language: Java
     • Spring Boot Version: 3.x (the latest stable version)
     • Project Metadata:
       • Group: com.yourname
       • Artifact: web-scraper
       • Name: Web Scraper
       • Package Name: com.yourname.webscraper
     • Dependencies: Add the Spring Web dependency (to allow adding more features later).
   • Click on "Generate" to download the project as a ZIP file.
   • Unzip the downloaded file and open the project in IntelliJ IDEA.
2. Add the JSoup Dependency:
   • Open the pom.xml file in the root directory of your project.
   • Add the following JSoup dependency within the <dependencies> tag:
   • Save the pom.xml file and allow IntelliJ to update the Maven project to download the JSoup library.
3. Choose a Website for Scraping:
   • Select a website that you find interesting or relevant. It could be an e-commerce site, a news website, a blog, or any other public web page with data you'd like to extract.
   • Identify the specific data you want to scrape from the website (e.g., product names, prices, article titles, etc.).
4. Implement a CommandLineRunner Class:
   • Create a new Java class in the com.yourname.webscraper package that implements the CommandLineRunner interface.
   • In the run method, use JSoup to connect to the website you chose and scrape the data.
   • Print the scraped data to the console.
5. Run Your Application:
   • Run the Spring Boot application and observe the output in the console.
   • Ensure that the scraped data is displayed correctly.

Submit Your Work:

• Once you’ve completed the task, submit the following:
  • A brief description of the website you chose and what data you scraped.
  • The Java code you wrote for the CommandLineRunner.
  • A screenshot of the console output showing the scraped data.

Resources that can help:

• https://github.com/dgPadBootcamps/Java-Bootcamp-2024/discussions/64
• explain what is scraping https://www.parsehub.com/blog/what-is-web-scraping/
• explain what is the Jsoup https://jsoup.org/

[mohammadakassem]

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[mohammadakassem]

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