https://github.com/ersinaksar/dockerized-firefox-for-web-scraping

A repository containing a Dockerfile and sample Python code to run Firefox in a Docker container for web scraping.
https://github.com/ersinaksar/dockerized-firefox-for-web-scraping

docker-container docker-image dockerfile driver firefox python python-script scraper scraping-websites selenium selenium-webdriver web-driver webdriver webscraping

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A repository containing a Dockerfile and sample Python code to run Firefox in a Docker container for web scraping.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ersinaksar/dockerized-firefox-for-web-scraping
• Owner: ersinaksar
• Created: 2023-03-12T21:35:21.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-08T13:35:12.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-08T15:07:30.713Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: docker-container, docker-image, dockerfile, driver, firefox, python, python-script, scraper, scraping-websites, selenium, selenium-webdriver, web-driver, webdriver, webscraping
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 9.77 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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Dockerized Firefox for Web Scraping


*Read this in other languages: [English](README.md), [Turkish](README.tr.md).*

 A repository containing a Dockerfile and sample Python code to run Firefox in a Docker container for web scraping. 


This is a Dockerized Python script that uses Selenium and Firefox to scrape the page source of a given URL. The script is run in headless mode using Xvfb.


  

  

🧐 Features


Here're some of the project's best features:

*   Scrapes the page source of a given URL using Firefox and Selenium.

*   Runs in headless mode using Xvfb.

🛠️ Installation Steps:


1. Install Docker on your system.


2. Clone the repository.


3. Build the Docker image using the command


```

sudo docker build -t my-firefox .

```

4. Run the Docker container using the command


```

sudo docker run my-firefox

```

5. The page source of the URL will be printed to the console.


🍰 Contribution Guidelines:


Contributions to the project are welcome. If you find a bug or have a suggestion for a new feature please open an issue or a pull request.

  

  

💻 Built with


Technologies used in the project:

*   Python

*   Docker

*   Selenium

*   Firefox

*   Xvfb

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If you have any questions or need help with the project please feel free to open an issue on GitHub.

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