Context
ScoutBot currently scrapes 30+ sources. More quality sources = more opportunities for Nigerian students. This is always worth doing.
Task
Add at least 5 new, verified scholarship/fellowship/internship listing pages to start_urls in scoutbot/spiders/opportunities_spider.py.
Requirements
- ✅ The page must list multiple opportunities (not just one)
- ✅ The site must be currently active (check it loads before submitting)
- ✅ Opportunities must be open to Nigerians / Africans
- ✅ Include a comment next to each URL explaining what it covers
- ❌ No startup/VC/funding content (students only)
Suggested sites to investigate
Notes
The spider already handles most listing-style pages well. Just add URLs and test locally with:
cd ScoutBot
scrapy crawl opportunities -a test_url=<url>
Good for
Non-developers too — needs research and verification more than coding. Estimated time: 1–2 hours.
Context
ScoutBot currently scrapes 30+ sources. More quality sources = more opportunities for Nigerian students. This is always worth doing.
Task
Add at least 5 new, verified scholarship/fellowship/internship listing pages to
start_urlsinscoutbot/spiders/opportunities_spider.py.Requirements
Suggested sites to investigate
Notes
The spider already handles most listing-style pages well. Just add URLs and test locally with:
Good for
Non-developers too — needs research and verification more than coding. Estimated time: 1–2 hours.