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YCombinator-Scraper API Reference

Scraper Class

__init__(self) -> None

  • Description: Initializes the Scraper class.

initialize_driver(self) -> webdriver.Chrome

  • Returns:

  • webdriver.Chrome: Initialized ChromeDriver instance.

  • Description: Initializes the ChromeDriver.

shutdown_driver(self) -> None

  • Description: Ends the chromedriver instance.

login(self, username: str, password: str) -> bool

  • Parameters:
  • username (str): Workatastartup username.

  • password (str): Workatastartup password.

  • Returns:

  • bool: True if login is successful, False otherwise.

  • Description: Logs in to the Workatastartup platform using the provided credentials.

load_cookies(self) -> None

  • Description: Loads cookies from the saved file.

save_cookies(self) -> None

  • Description: Saves cookies to a file.

scrape_job_data(self, job_url: str) -> JobData

  • Parameters:

  • job_url (str): URL of the job to scrape.

  • Returns:

  • JobData: Scraped job data.

  • Description: Scrapes job data from the specified job URL.

scrape_company_data(self, company_url: str) -> CompanyData

  • Parameters:

  • company_url (str): URL of the company to scrape.

  • Returns:

  • CompanyData: Scraped company data.

  • Description: Scrapes company data from the specified company URL.

scrape_founders_data(self, company_url: str) -> List[FounderData]

  • Parameters:

  • company_url (str): URL of the company to scrape founders data.

  • Returns:

  • List[FounderData]: List of scraped founder data.

  • Description: Scrapes founders data from the specified company URL.

JobData Class

__init__(self, job_url: str) -> None

  • Parameters:

  • job_url (str): URL of the job.

  • Description: Initializes the JobData class.

model_dump(self) -> dict

  • Returns:

  • dict: Dictionary representation of the job data.

  • Description: Returns a dictionary representation of the job data.

model_dump_json(self, **kwargs) -> str

  • Returns:

  • str: JSON representation of the job data.

  • Description: Returns a JSON representation of the job data.

CompanyData Class

__init__(self, company_url: str) -> None

  • Parameters:

  • company_url (str): URL of the company.

  • Description: Initializes the CompanyData class.

model_dump(self) -> dict

  • Returns:

  • dict: Dictionary representation of the company data.

  • Description: Returns a dictionary representation of the company data.

model_dump_json(self, **kwargs) -> str

  • Returns:

  • str: JSON representation of the company data.

  • Description: Returns a JSON representation of the company data.

FounderData Class

__init__(self, founder_name: str, founder_image_url: str, founder_description: str, founder_linkedin_url: str, founder_emails: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> None

  • Parameters:
  • founder_name (str): Founder's name.
  • founder_image_url (str): URL of the founder's image.
  • founder_description (str): Description of the founder.
  • founder_linkedin_url (str): LinkedIn URL of the founder.

  • founder_emails (Optional[List[str]]): List of founder's email addresses.

  • Description: Initializes the FounderData class.

model_dump(self) -> dict

  • Returns:

  • dict: Dictionary representation of the founder data.

  • Description: Returns a dictionary representation of the founder data.

model_dump_json(self, **kwargs) -> str

  • Returns:

  • str: JSON representation of the founder data.

  • Description: Returns a JSON representation of the founder data.

Note: All classes and methods in this API reference are part of the ycombinator_scraper package.