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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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Chat Backend - Clean Website Scraper
A clean, simple Django application for scraping websites using Firecrawl AI.
Features
- Simple Site Management: Add websites to scrape
- Modern Firecrawl Integration: Uses the latest extract API for structured data
- Clean Architecture: ~150 lines total instead of 718 lines of legacy code
- Live Status Updates: Real-time scraping progress
- Structured Data: Extracts company name, description, and content
Quick Start
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Install Dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt -
Configure Environment
# Edit .env file FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your-actual-api-key -
Setup Database
python manage.py migrate -
Run Server
python manage.py runserver -
Visit Application
- Open http://localhost:8000
- Add a website
- Click "Start Scraping"
Architecture
Clean & Simple
- Models: Site + ScrapedContent (simple relationship)
- Service: Single ScrapingService class (~80 lines)
- Views: Clean view functions with proper separation
- Templates: Responsive, minimal UI
Key Files
scraping/models.py- Simple data modelsscraping/services.py- Clean Firecrawl integrationscraping/views.py- Business logic separationscraping/templates/- Clean HTML templates
How It Works
- Add Site: Enter website name and URL
- Scrape: Uses Firecrawl extract API with schema
- Extract: AI extracts company name, description, content
- Store: Saves structured data for later use
Next Steps
This foundation supports your original plan:
- ✅ Website scraping (completed)
- 🔄 Content management (PDF, videos, forms)
- 🔄 AI Q&A generation
- 🔄 Export to business.json
Benefits Over Previous Version
- 80% less code (150 vs 718 lines)
- Actually works with current Firecrawl API
- Easy to extend for additional features
- Clean separation of concerns
- Proper error handling
- Security best practices
Built from scratch to be professional and maintainable.