olxba-scraper

olxba-scraper is a JavaScript library that provides scraping functionality for the olx.ba website. It leverages Puppeteer, a Node.js library for automating browser actions, to scrape and extract data from the website.

Installation

To use olxba-scraper in your project, you can install it via npm:

npm install olxba-scraper

Usage

Here is an example of how to use olxba-scraper:

import Olx from "olxba-scraper";

// Create an instance of olxba scraper
const scraper = new Olx();

// Initialize the scraper
await scraper.init();

// Get listings by search keywords
const listings = await scraper.getListingsBySearch('laptop');

// Print all the listings
listings.getAllListings().forEach((listing) => {
  console.log(listing.title);
  console.log(listing.description);
  console.log(listing.price);
  console.log(listing.location);
});

// Get a specific listing by URL
const listingUrl = 'https://olx.ba/artikal/12345';
const listing = await scraper.getListingByUrl(listingUrl);

// Print the listing details
console.log(listing.title);
console.log(listing.description);
console.log(listing.price);
console.log(listing.location);

// Close the scraper  
await scraper.close();

API

init()

Initialize the scraper. This method must be called before using any of the Olx methods. It launches a Puppeteer browser instance and sets up the page.

close()

Important! Please Call close() when Finished.

Close the scraper. This method closes the Puppeteer browser instance.

getListingByUrl(url)

Retrieve a listing by its URL. This method navigates to the provided URL and extracts the listing details such as title, description, price, and location.

• url (String): The URL of the listing.

Returns an instance of the Listing class.

getListingsBySearch(keywords)

Retrieve listings from the first page that match the provided search keywords. This method performs a search on the olxba website using the keywords and extracts the listings' details.

• keywords (String): The search keywords to find listings.

Returns an instance of the Listings class.

getCategories()

Retrieve all categories from the olx.ba website.

Returns an instance of the Categories class.

Categories class

Represents a collection of categories on the olx.ba website.

getAllCategories()

Get all categories.

Returns an array of category objects with the properties name and url.

getCategory(name)

Get a specific category by its name.

• name (String): The name of the category.

Returns an instance of the Category class.

Category class

Represents a category on the olx.ba website.

getListings()

Retrieve all listings from the first page of the category.

Returns an instance of the Listings class.

Listings class

Represents a collection of listings.

getAllListings()

Get all listings.

Returns an array of listing objects with the properties title, description, price, location, coverImage, and url.

getListing(url)

Get a specific listing by its URL.

• url (String): The URL of the listing.

Listing class

Represents a listing on the olx.ba website.

getImages()

Retrieve all images associated with the listing.

Returns an array of image URLs.