Debugged and Automated Upwork Job Data Extraction

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Debugged and Automated Upwork Job Data Extraction

  • Day: 2025-04-29
  • Time: 22:25 to 22:55
  • Project: Dev
  • Workspace: WP 2: Operational
  • Status: In Progress
  • Priority: MEDIUM
  • Assignee: Matías Nehuen Iglesias
  • Tags: Graphql, API, Debugging, Automation, Upwork

Description

Session Goal

The primary goal of this session was to debug and automate the process of extracting job data from Upwork’s GraphQL API.

Key Activities

  • Debugging GraphQL API Access: Explored methods for accessing a GraphQL API in a browser extension, focusing on extracting data from the network tab and building userscripts.
  • Manual Job Scraping: Used JavaScript in the browser DevTools Console to manually reproduce job scraping calls, including crafting a sample GraphQL query and handling authentication.
  • API Error Debugging: Addressed and resolved a TypeError in the Upwork API, providing troubleshooting steps and a simplified code snippet.
  • Data Retrieval and Download: Successfully accessed and retrieved job data from Upwork’s GraphQL API, including job titles and descriptions, and downloaded the job feed as raw JSON data.
  • Error Handling in GraphQL Queries: Fixed errors in GraphQL queries by ensuring only defined fields in the schema were queried.
  • Automation Techniques: Outlined methods for automating job scraping using a Chrome extension, a Tampermonkey script, and a Python script with Selenium.

Achievements

  • Successfully debugged and resolved multiple issues related to Upwork’s API and GraphQL queries.
  • Extracted and structured job data from Upwork’s API for further analysis and automation.

Pending Tasks

  • Implement and test the outlined automation methods to streamline job scraping from Upwork.
  • Further refine error handling mechanisms to ensure robustness in data extraction processes.

Evidence

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