Maxwell

Maxwell makes web scraping more simpler and faster with Ruby.

Installation

echo "gem 'maxwell'" >> Gemfile && bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install maxwell

Usage

class YahooScraper < Maxwell::Base
  attr_accessor :title, :url, :address

  javascript true

  concurrency 4

  def parser html
    @title   = html.title
    @url     = html.css("td.sdhk jdj").text
    @address = html.css("table tr.ddad").text
  end

  def handler result
    p result
    #=> { title: "...", url: "...", address: "..." }
  end
end

YahooScraper.execute ["https://www.yahoo.com/"]

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment. Run bundle exec maxwell to use the gem in this directory, ignoring other installed copies of this gem.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/maxwell. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.