README.md

Web Crawler

This is a web crawler designed for extracting information from websites.

Getting Started

1. Copy the Files

   • Crawl.js: Main script for web crawling and filtering.
   • json.js: A versatile script for creating and updating data.json files, suitable for use in multiple projects.

2. Integration

   • Include the following line in your main script:

     require('./path-to/Crawl.js');

     Make sure to adjust the path according to your project structure.

How to Use crawl() ❓

async function crawl(url, maxDepth, maxTime)

• url: Starting point for the web crawling.
• maxDepth: Maximum number of links visited on a single page.
• maxTime: Time limit given in minutes for the crawling process.

Configuration

⭕ Excluded Websites

• Check the Crawl.js file for the excludedWebsites variable, defined as:

  const excludedWebsites = require('./excluded-websites.json').websites;

• Modify the contents of ./excluded-websites.json to include pages that should be ignored during crawling.