FastAPI with Selenium Example

This project demonstrates how to integrate FastAPI with Selenium for web automation tasks. It includes a FastAPI application that uses Selenium to navigate to a GitHub repository page specified in the query and retrieve the text of an element with a class also specified in the query.

Prerequisites

1. Python: Ensure you have Python 3.7 or later installed on your system.
2. Google Chrome: Install the latest version of Google Chrome.

Installation

1. Clone the repository (or download and unzip the project files):

   git clone https://github.com/its-tahir/fastapi-selenium-starter.git
   cd fastapi-selenium-starter

2. Create and activate a virtual environment: python -m venv myenv myenv\Scripts\activate # For Command Prompt

   or

   .\myenv\Scripts\Activate # For PowerShell

3. Install the required Python packages:: pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Download ChromeDriver: Visit the ChromeDriver download page (https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/). Download the version that matches your Chrome browser. Extract chromedriver.exe to a directory

Run the application

uvicorn main:app --reload

The server will start on http://127.0.0.1:8000.

Send a POST request to the /search endpoint with the search query in JSON format. You can use a tool like Postman or curl. Here’s an example using curl:

curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8000/search" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"repo_name": "its-tahir/fastapi-selenium-starter", "search_class": ".f4.my-3"}'