Automated Upwork Data Collection with Selenium

📅 2025-04-29 — Session: Automated Upwork Data Collection with Selenium

🕒 23:10–00:00
🏷️ Labels: Selenium, Upwork, Automation, Web Scraping, Chrome Extensions
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

The goal of this session was to automate the process of data collection from Upwork using Selenium and related tools.

Addressed 403 Forbidden and JSONDecodeError issues when accessing Upwork’s API by employing Selenium and undetected-chromedriver.
Resolved Chrome and ChromeDriver version mismatches for seamless automation.
Implemented solutions to fix ‘SessionNotCreatedException’ errors in Selenium-Chrome integration.
Developed a deep web automation stack for Upwork data fetching using undetected ChromeDriver and Selenium.
Automated data retrieval from a Chrome extension interface for Upwork, including authentication and data handling.
Identified the correct Chrome profile for Selenium to ensure proper user data access.
Outlined a method to automate data collection from Upwork using Chrome DevTools Protocol.
Proposed automation options for Upwork data extraction using background scripts or headless automation.
Explored methods for using Selenium with Chrome extensions and interacting with web pages securely.
Created a Python script for fetching Upwork job listings using Selenium.
Developed a Tampermonkey userscript to fetch and download saved jobs from Upwork every 15 minutes.

Successfully automated Upwork data collection using Selenium and Chrome extensions.
Developed robust scripts and workflows for handling various automation challenges.

Further testing and optimization of the automation scripts to ensure reliability and performance.