Food Additives Scraper

This project is an automated scraper for collecting information about food additives using Selenium and Python from https://www.aditivos-alimentarios.com/. It is designed to obtain the database required for the Android app aditivos-alimentarios-app, which allows users to search for food additives and consult their toxicity. The scraper automatically detects installed browsers, manages WebDrivers, and saves the results to a database.

Features

• Automatic detection of installed browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari)
• Automatic installation and management of WebDrivers
• Scraping of food additives data
• Saving results to a database

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• A supported browser installed (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari)
• Dependencies listed in requirements.txt

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/adamff-dev/food-additives-scraper.git
   cd food-additives-scraper

2. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Run the main script:

python main.py

The script will detect the installed browser, install the required WebDriver, and start scraping food additives data from https://www.aditivos-alimentarios.com/.

Project Structure

• main.py: Main execution script
• modules/: Auxiliary modules
  • WebDriverInstaller.py: WebDriver installer and manager
  • AditivosTools.py: Tools for scraping and saving data
  • ProgressBar.py, SharedTools.py: Additional utilities

License

MIT