Argos Toys Spider

This Scrapy project is designed to scrape product information from the toys section of the Argos website , specifically targeting toys suitable for children aged 5 to 8 years. It extracts product names, prices, and URLs for further details, navigating through pagination to collect data across multiple pages.

The project includes the following key components:

ArgosSpider: The main spider for scraping the Argos website.

items.py: Defines the ArgosToysItem class for storing extracted data.

middlewares.py and settings.py: Configure the Scrapy settings and middlewares, including user-agent strings and concurrent request settings.

pipelines.py: (Optional) Define item processing pipelines if needed for further data processing or saving to databases.

Product Data Extraction: Extracts names, prices, and product detail URLs.

Pagination Handling: Automatically navigates through pagination to extract data from multiple pages.

JavaScript Rendering Support: Initially set up to use Splash for JavaScript rendering, ensuring dynamic content is loaded. This setup can be adjusted based on the project's needs.#Not Necessary in my experience

To run this project, you need Python 3 and Scrapy installed on your system. If you wish to use Splash for JavaScript rendering, you'll also need Docker to run the Splash service.

Install Scrapy:

pip install scrapy