README.md

Knowledge Base Builder

This project scrapes specific web pages and converts the content into HTML files, organizing them into a knowledge base. The project uses Selenium for web scraping and BeautifulSoup for HTML parsing.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• pip (Python package installer)
• Google Chrome browser
• ChromeDriver

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Glebuar/KnowledgeBaseBuilder.git
   cd knowledge-base-builder

2. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

   python -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `.venv\Scripts\activate`

3. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Download ChromeDriver:

   • Download the correct version of ChromeDriver that matches your Chrome browser from here.
   • Place the chromedriver executable in a known location.

5. Update config.json:

   • Make sure the config.json file is present in the root directory with the correct structure and update the chrome_driver_path to the path where you placed the chromedriver executable.

   Example config.json:

   {
       "chrome_driver_path": "path/to/chromedriver",
       "urls": [
           {
               "url": "https://example.com/page1",
               "children": []
           },
           {
               "url": "https://example.com/page2",
               "children": [
                   {
                       "url": "https://example.com/page2-1",
                       "children": []
                   }
               ]
           }
       ]
   }

Running the Script

python main.py