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Features: - Django REST API backend - Multi-strategy web scraping system (Beautiful Soup, Playwright, Firecrawl) - Anti-detection features (proxy rotation, user-agent rotation) - Data export functionality (JSON, CSV, TXT) - Business and CrawledPage models - Enhanced crawling service with fallback mechanisms 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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79 lines
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# Chat Backend - Clean Website Scraper
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A clean, simple Django application for scraping websites using Firecrawl AI.
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## Features
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- **Simple Site Management**: Add websites to scrape
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- **Modern Firecrawl Integration**: Uses the latest extract API for structured data
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- **Clean Architecture**: ~150 lines total instead of 718 lines of legacy code
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- **Live Status Updates**: Real-time scraping progress
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- **Structured Data**: Extracts company name, description, and content
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## Quick Start
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1. **Install Dependencies**
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```bash
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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```
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2. **Configure Environment**
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```bash
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# Edit .env file
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FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your-actual-api-key
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```
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3. **Setup Database**
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```bash
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python manage.py migrate
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```
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4. **Run Server**
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```bash
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python manage.py runserver
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```
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5. **Visit Application**
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- Open http://localhost:8000
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- Add a website
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- Click "Start Scraping"
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## Architecture
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### Clean & Simple
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- **Models**: Site + ScrapedContent (simple relationship)
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- **Service**: Single ScrapingService class (~80 lines)
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- **Views**: Clean view functions with proper separation
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- **Templates**: Responsive, minimal UI
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### Key Files
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- `scraping/models.py` - Simple data models
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- `scraping/services.py` - Clean Firecrawl integration
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- `scraping/views.py` - Business logic separation
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- `scraping/templates/` - Clean HTML templates
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## How It Works
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1. **Add Site**: Enter website name and URL
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2. **Scrape**: Uses Firecrawl extract API with schema
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3. **Extract**: AI extracts company name, description, content
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4. **Store**: Saves structured data for later use
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## Next Steps
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This foundation supports your original plan:
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- ✅ Website scraping (completed)
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- 🔄 Content management (PDF, videos, forms)
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- 🔄 AI Q&A generation
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- 🔄 Export to business.json
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## Benefits Over Previous Version
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- **80% less code** (150 vs 718 lines)
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- **Actually works** with current Firecrawl API
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- **Easy to extend** for additional features
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- **Clean separation** of concerns
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- **Proper error handling**
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- **Security best practices**
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Built from scratch to be professional and maintainable. |