""" Assamese paragraph scraper with resume & checkpointing. Behavior: - Reads last saved paragraph from assamese_paragraphs.txt (if any). - Loads the target URL using Firefox profile. - Scrolls the page until the last paragraph is visible (or gives up after MAX_FIND_ATTEMPTS). - Scrolls further until content stabilizes. - Appends new paragraphs every 10 scroll attempts (checkpointing). - Finally appends any remaining new paragraphs. """ import os import re import time import shutil import tempfile from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_profile import FirefoxProfile from bs4 import BeautifulSoup # ------------- User settings ------------- profile_path = "/home/ranjit/.mozilla/firefox/luddqo6a.default-release" url = "https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/assamese/news?mode=pwa&action=click" output_file = r"Ranjit_Data/assamese_paragraphs.txt" HEADLESS = False WAIT_BETWEEN_SCROLLS = 5 # Just makes each scroll slower (waits 5 seconds before the next scroll). No effect on the logic. MAX_FIND_ATTEMPTS = 800000000 # Only affects how long it keeps searching for your last saved paragraph before giving up. Doesn’t affect checkpointing. MAX_SCROLL_ATTEMPTS = 300 # Sets the total possible scrolls before stopping. Checkpoints will still happen at every 10th scroll (so roughly 30 checkpoints max). STABLE_REQUIRED = 10 # Makes it more patient before deciding the page is “fully loaded.” Still unrelated to checkpointing. CHECKPOINT_EVERY = 10 # Works exactly as intended. # ----------------------------------------- assamese_pattern = re.compile(r"[\u0980-\u09FF]") def normalize_text(s: str) -> str: if s is None: return "" s = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', s).strip() return s def safe_copy_profile(src_path: str) -> str: if not os.path.isdir(src_path): raise FileNotFoundError(f"profile path not found: {src_path}") tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="fh_profile_") dest = os.path.join(tmpdir, "profile_copy") def ignore_lock_files(directory, contents): return [f for f in contents if f in ('lock', 'parent.lock')] shutil.copytree(src_path, dest, ignore=ignore_lock_files) return dest def start_driver_with_profile(copied_profile_path: str): options = Options() options.headless = HEADLESS profile_obj = FirefoxProfile(copied_profile_path) options.profile = profile_obj driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options) return driver def find_last_saved_paragraph(file_path: str): if not os.path.exists(file_path): return None with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f: content = f.read().strip() if not content: return None blocks = [normalize_text(b) for b in re.split(r'\n\s*\n', content) if normalize_text(b)] if not blocks: return None return blocks[-1] def extract_paragraphs_in_order(soup): tags = soup.find_all(['p', 'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6']) paragraphs = [] for tag in tags: txt = tag.get_text(separator=" ", strip=True) txt = normalize_text(txt) if txt and assamese_pattern.search(txt): paragraphs.append(txt) return paragraphs def scroll_once(driver): driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);") driver.execute_script(""" const sel = document.querySelector('.infinite-scroll-component') || document.querySelector('.infinite-scroll-component__outerdiv') || document.querySelector('[data-infinite-scroll]') || document.querySelector('div[style*="overflow:auto"]'); if (sel) { sel.scrollTop = sel.scrollHeight; } """) def scroll_until_paragraph_found(driver, target_norm_text): print("Searching for last saved paragraph on the loaded page...") if not target_norm_text: print("No previous paragraph found; starting fresh.") return True attempt = 0 while attempt < MAX_FIND_ATTEMPTS: attempt += 1 scroll_once(driver) time.sleep(WAIT_BETWEEN_SCROLLS) html = driver.page_source if target_norm_text in normalize_text(BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser").get_text(separator=" ")): print(f"Found last-saved paragraph on attempt #{attempt}.") return True if attempt % 10 == 0: print(f"...still searching (attempt {attempt}/{MAX_FIND_ATTEMPTS})") print("Warning: last saved paragraph not found after max attempts.") return False def append_new_paragraphs_to_file(file_path: str, existing_last_norm: str, all_paragraphs): start_index = 0 if existing_last_norm: try: start_index = all_paragraphs.index(existing_last_norm) + 1 except ValueError: start_index = 0 new_paras = all_paragraphs[start_index:] if not new_paras: return 0 with open(file_path, "a", encoding="utf-8") as fout: if os.path.exists(file_path) and os.path.getsize(file_path) > 0: fout.write("\n") for p in new_paras: fout.write(p + "\n\n") return len(new_paras) def scroll_and_checkpoint(driver, output_file, last_saved_norm): last_height = driver.execute_script("return document.body.scrollHeight") stable_count = 0 scroll_attempts = 0 appended_total = 0 while scroll_attempts < MAX_SCROLL_ATTEMPTS: scroll_attempts += 1 scroll_once(driver) time.sleep(WAIT_BETWEEN_SCROLLS) # checkpoint if scroll_attempts % CHECKPOINT_EVERY == 0: html = driver.page_source soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser") paragraphs = extract_paragraphs_in_order(soup) appended = append_new_paragraphs_to_file(output_file, last_saved_norm, paragraphs) if appended: last_saved_norm = paragraphs[-1] appended_total += appended print(f"[Checkpoint] Scroll {scroll_attempts}: appended {appended} paragraph(s).") # check for stable scroll new_height = driver.execute_script("return document.body.scrollHeight") if new_height == last_height: stable_count += 1 if stable_count >= STABLE_REQUIRED: print(f"Reached stable bottom after {scroll_attempts} scrolls.") break else: stable_count = 0 last_height = new_height # final append html = driver.page_source soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser") paragraphs = extract_paragraphs_in_order(soup) appended = append_new_paragraphs_to_file(output_file, last_saved_norm, paragraphs) appended_total += appended print(f"Total new paragraphs appended in this run: {appended_total}") def main(): last_saved = find_last_saved_paragraph(output_file) if last_saved: print("Last saved paragraph (preview):") print(last_saved[:200] + ("..." if len(last_saved) > 200 else "")) else: print("No existing output file found or file empty — starting fresh.") print("Copying Firefox profile (to avoid lock issues)...") copied_profile = safe_copy_profile(profile_path) try: driver = start_driver_with_profile(copied_profile) except Exception as e: raise RuntimeError("Failed to start Firefox webdriver. Check geckodriver/selenium and profile path.") from e try: print("Loading URL:", url) driver.get(url) time.sleep(WAIT_BETWEEN_SCROLLS + 1.0) scroll_until_paragraph_found(driver, last_saved) scroll_and_checkpoint(driver, output_file, last_saved) finally: try: driver.quit() except Exception: pass print("Scraping complete.") if __name__ == "__main__": main()