📅 2025-04-29 — Session: Automated Upwork Data Collection and Integration
🕒 00:00–23:50
🏷️ Labels: Selenium, Automation, Upwork, Web Scraping, Python
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal:
The primary goal of this session was to automate the data collection process from Upwork using Selenium and other web automation tools, and to address any challenges encountered during this process.
Key Activities:
- Markdown Generation: Used Jinja2 templates to generate Markdown files for documentation purposes.
- API Access Issues: Identified and resolved
403 ForbiddenandJSONDecodeErrorissues when accessing Upwork’s API using Selenium and undetected-chromedriver. - ChromeDriver Mismatch: Addressed version mismatch between Chrome and ChromeDriver, ensuring compatibility for Selenium automation.
- Selenium Integration: Implemented solutions for ‘SessionNotCreatedException’ error during Selenium and Chrome integration.
- Deep Web Automation: Developed a stack for automating data fetching from Upwork using Selenium, undetected ChromeDriver, and JavaScript.
- Chrome Extension Automation: Automated data retrieval from Upwork via a Chrome extension, including script execution and authentication.
- Profile Management: Configured Selenium to use the correct Chrome profile for seamless automation.
- Data Collection Automation: Outlined methods for automating Upwork data collection using Selenium and Chrome DevTools Protocol.
- Script Development: Created a Python script for fetching Upwork job listings using Selenium.
- JavaScript Automation: Developed a Tampermonkey userscript for periodic job fetching from Upwork.
Achievements:
- Successfully automated data collection from Upwork, resolving initial access and integration challenges.
- Developed robust scripts and workflows for continuous data fetching and processing.
Pending Tasks:
- Further optimization of automation scripts for efficiency and reliability.
- Exploration of additional web automation tools for broader application.