mmphego / iseecars-scrapper

iseecars scrapper

Web scrapping tool for retrieving vehicle information from iseecars.com

Installation

Before you install ensure that geckodriver for Firefox is installed.

• Download geckodriver
  • wget https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.24.0/geckodriver-v0.24.0-linux64.tar.gz
• Extract: tar -xvzf geckodriver-v0.24.0-linux64.tar.gz
• sudo cp geckodriver /usr/local/bin

To install Vehicle History Reports, run this command in your bash terminal:

    sudo pip install -Ur requirements.txt

Usage

usage: iseecars_scrapper.py [-h] --vin VIN [--proxy-host PROXY_HOST] [--proxy-port PROXY_PORT] [--proxy-username PROXY_USERNAME] [--proxy-password PROXY_PASSWORD] --username USERNAME
                            --password PASSWORD [--to-json] [--headless]

Web scrapping tool for Vehicle information from URL: https://www.vehiclehistory.com

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --vin VIN             VIN number.
  --proxy-host PROXY_HOST
                        Proxy address. [Optional]
  --proxy-port PROXY_PORT
                        Proxy port. [Optional]
  --proxy-username PROXY_USERNAME
                        Username to access proxy. [Optional]
  --proxy-password PROXY_PASSWORD
                        Password to access proxy. [Optional]
  --username USERNAME   Username for iseecars.com
  --password PASSWORD   Password for iseecars.com
  --to-json             Save webpage content to json
  --headless            Open browser [Debugging mode].

Example:

No Proxy

python iseecars_scrapper.py \
--vin WBAFR7C57CC811956 \
--username [e-mail] \
--password fak86iak \
--to-json

Through Proxy

python iseecars_scrapper.py \
--vin WBAFR7C57CC811956 \
--username [e-mail] \
--password fak86iak \
--proxy-host 5.181.41.31 \
--proxy-port 12333 \
--proxy-username netkingz9 \
--proxy-password test123465 \
--to-json