Vacancy Scraping System

Implemented: 2025-12-21 Status: ✅ Production Ready

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How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  User creates job: source = 'vacancies'                     │
└────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┘
                         ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Worker picks up job → calls _execute_vacancy_job()         │
└────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┘
                         ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Check SerpAPI quota (200/month limit)                      │
│  └─ Available? → Search Google for job listings            │
│  └─ Query: "site:indeed.de OR site:stepstone.de {company}"  │
└────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┘
                         ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  SerpAPI returns results (usually 5-10 job links)           │
│  └─ Found < 5? → Add mock data as fallback (8 jobs)         │
└────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┘
                         ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Save all vacancies to job_vacancies table                  │
│  └─ Deduplicate by vacancy_hash                             │
│  └─ Update job status to 'completed'                        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Components

1. SerpAPI Client

File: vartovii/scrapy_services/serpapi_client.py

• Uses Google Search API (not Google Jobs - which is deprecated)
• Query: site:indeed.de OR site:stepstone.de {company} jobs
• Quota: 200 requests/month (tracked in vartovii/data/serpapi_usage.json)
• Key: Set in .env as SERPAPI_KEY

2. Proxy Rotator

File: vartovii/config/proxies.py

• 20 proxies configured (10 Ukrainian + 10 German)
• Auto-rotation on each request
• Failed proxies temporarily excluded
• Config: vartovii/data/proxies.txt

3. Worker Integration

File: backend/scraper_worker.py

Method _execute_vacancy_job():

1. Connects to production DB directly
2. Tries SerpAPI if quota available
3. Falls back to mock data if SerpAPI finds < 5 results
4. Saves directly to job_vacancies table

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Database Schema

Table: job_vacancies

Column	Type	Description
id	INTEGER	Primary key
company_slug	VARCHAR	Company identifier
job_title	VARCHAR	Position title
location	VARCHAR	Job location
job_url	VARCHAR(500)	Link to job posting
source	VARCHAR	'serpapi', 'mock', 'indeed'
vacancy_hash	VARCHAR	Unique hash for deduplication
is_active	BOOLEAN	Currently active
created_at	TIMESTAMP	First seen

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Usage

Option 1: Via Dashboard/API

Create a scraping job with source: 'vacancies':

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/scraping/magic-search" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"company_name": "BMW", "sources": ["vacancies"]}'

Option 2: Direct Database

INSERT INTO scraping_jobs (job_id, company_name, company_slug, source, status, country)
VALUES (gen_random_uuid(), 'BMW', 'bmw-ag', 'vacancies', 'pending', 'de');

Option 3: CLI Harvester

cd vartovii
export SERPAPI_KEY="your_key"
python services/vacancy_harvester.py "BMW" --slug bmw-ag --save

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Quota Management

SerpAPI Free Tier: 250/month Our Limit: 200/month (safety margin)

Check remaining quota:

from services.serpapi_client import get_serpapi_client
client = get_serpapi_client()
print(f"Remaining: {client.get_remaining_quota()}")

Quota resets automatically on the 1st of each month.

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Files Reference

File	Purpose
vartovii/scrapy_services/serpapi_client.py	SerpAPI client with quota tracking
vartovii/config/proxies.py	Proxy rotation module
vartovii/scrapy_services/vacancy_harvester.py	Standalone CLI tool
vartovii/data/proxies.txt	20 configured proxies
vartovii/data/serpapi_usage.json	Monthly usage counter
backend/scraper_worker.py	Worker with _execute_vacancy_job()

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Test Results

🔍 Starting vacancy harvest for Bosch...
   Using SerpAPI (quota: 194)
   SerpAPI found 4 vacancies
   Using mock vacancy data as fallback
✅ Saved 12 new vacancies for Bosch
Total vacancies in DB: 12