📅 2025-04-29 — Session: Automated Job Data Processing with Upwork Toolkit
🕒 21:50–22:20
🏷️ Labels: Upwork, Automation, Graphql, Chrome Extension, Data Processing
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to explore and implement automated job data processing using the Upwork Toolkit Chrome extension, focusing on leveraging GraphQL for data extraction and enrichment.
Key Activities
- Data Extraction Techniques: Explored methods to intercept and store job data from the Upwork Toolkit using GraphQL requests.
- Automation Workflow: Developed a step-by-step approach to automate job data processing, including exporting and filtering for high-value opportunities.
- Script Execution Methods: Reviewed three methods for running job-scraping scripts, including direct browser execution, extension modification, and using Tampermonkey.
- Debugging Token Storage: Investigated techniques for debugging token storage issues in the Upwork Toolkit, including patching scripts and inspecting the extension’s background context.
Achievements
- Successfully outlined a comprehensive workflow for automating job data processing using the Upwork Toolkit.
- Identified effective methods for executing job-scraping scripts and debugging token storage.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing of the automation workflow to ensure robustness and efficiency.
- Exploration of additional GraphQL queries to enhance data extraction capabilities.