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.

Dockerized Firefox for Web Scraping

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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 --rm -e DISPLAY=:99 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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