Amazon Product Scraper

This is a project for scraping data from Amazon. It allows you to search for products on Amazon and view the results in a user-friendly interface.

Introduction

Initially, I attempted to scrape Amazon products using only Axios and JSDOM. However, I encountered blocking issues from Amazon, as it detected my requests as automated and blocked them.

To overcome this problem, I decided to use Puppeteer, which allowed me to simulate a real browser and avoid blocking from Amazon. However, even with Puppeteer, I still faced occasional blocking and instability issues during scraping.

After encountering these problems, I made some modifications to the way I was making requests, such as adding a 'User-Agent' header to the requests. This allowed me to scrape more stably and reliably, without facing further blocking issues.

As a result, I was able to resolve the scraping issues and make the backend more robust and reliable.

Things that still need to be done

• Input validation: Check if the input field is empty before initiating the search.
• Improve star rating display.

Design

For this project's design, the focus was on creating a user-friendly and presentable interface. The design follows modern trends, using glassmorphism concepts to give a sleek and transparent look to the page elements.

Setup

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/oElmoJr/Amazon-Scraper.git

Running the Application

Backend

1. Start the server:

   cd backend
   npm install
   npm start

   The server will start at http://localhost:3000.

2. Access the API endpoints:

   To scrape Amazon for a specific product, use the following endpoint:

   http://localhost:3000/api/scrape?keyword=your-product

   Replace your-product with the product you want to search for.

Frontend

1. Open the frontend:

   Navigate to the frontend directory and open index.html directly in your browser, or use a local server extension like Live Server in VSCode.

2. Search for products:

   Enter the product name in the search box and press Enter or click the search button.

3. View the results:

   The search results will be displayed below the search box. You can see the product title, rating, number of reviews, and the product image.

Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express.js
• Axios
• JSDOM
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Developed with 💛 by elmojr.