Project_15

💼 Project 15 – Job Listings Scraper (SerpAPI + CSV)

A Python CLI tool that fetches real-time job listings from SerpAPI Google Jobs Engine and saves them to a CSV file for offline reference.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

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✨ Features

• 🔍 Fetch job listings by role and location.
• 💾 Saves results to a jobs.csv file.
• 🧹 Clean and well-formatted CLI output.
• 🔑 API key stored securely in .env file.

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📦 Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone <your-repo-url>
   cd Project_15_Job_Listings_Scraper

2. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Create a .env file

   API_KEY=your_serpapi_key_here

4. Run the scraper

   python job_scraper.py

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🖥️ Example Output

Enter Location: Kolkata
Enter Role: Python Developer

One job posting found at TCS, in Kolkata, for Python Developer | Apply: [{'link': 'https://apply-link.com'}]

One job posting found at Infosys, in Kolkata, for Backend Developer | Apply: [{'link': 'https://apply-link.com'}]

And a file jobs.csv will be created like:

company_name,location,title,apply_options
TCS,Kolkata,Python Developer,"[{'link': 'https://apply-link.com'}]"
Infosys,Kolkata,Backend Developer,"[{'link': 'https://apply-link.com'}]"

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🧠 Key Learnings

• How to work with SerpAPI and process API responses.
• Writing job data to CSV files using Python.
• Managing API keys securely with dotenv.

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📄 requirements.txt

requests
python-dotenv

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🚀 Possible Improvements

• Add support for multiple pages of job results.
• Allow user to filter by remote/onsite jobs.
• Schedule periodic runs and send notifications for new job postings.