web-parser-rest

A server provide restful API to parse resources from websites.

API to get contents

We added swagger support to the server. Full list of API can be found from /swagger-ui.html after starting the server.

Type	API	Parameters	Contents
Search	GET /rest/search/image/{query}	query: string to search	Search Image from seach engine (Google api key may needed)
Finance	GET /rest/quote/indexes		Real time quote of major indexes in the world
Finance	GET /rest/quote/full/{code}?source=<money18,aastock>	code: Hong Kong Stock code e.g. 0005 source (optional): specific source to get stock quote	Real time quote of HK stocks with PE and NAV
Finance	GET /rest/quote/realtime/list/{codes}?source=<money18,aastock>	codes: comma separated HK stock codes source (optional): specific source to get stock quote	Real time quote of HK stocks (faster)
Finance	GET /rest/index/constituents/{index}	index: HSI / HSCEI / HCCI / MSCIHK	Constituents of major HK Indexes
Finance	GET /rest/index/report/hsinet/{yyyymmdd}	yyyymmdd: date of report	Hang Seng Index Performance Summary
Dictionary	GET /rest/dictionary/{query}	query: word to query	Get pronunciation, IPA, definition from Cambridge Dictionary API or Dictionaryapi.com

Starting server

Build and start by Gradle

./gradlew assemble (for windows ./gradlew.bat assemble)
java -jar build/libs/web-parser-rest.jar 

access http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui.html

Start by Docker

Simple start

docker run -d --name web-parser-rest thcathy/web-parser-rest

Start with different port

docker run -d --name web-parser-rest \
  -p <port_you_want>:8080 \
  thcathy/web-parser-rest

Start with log redirection

docker run -d --name web-parser-rest \
  -v <folder_in_local_drive>:logs \
  thcathy/web-parser-rest

Configuration

All configurations are optional.

• googleapi.key: Google API key for image search (support multiple keys separated by comma)
• dictionaryapi.key : dictionaryapi.com app key (get key from https://dictionaryapi.com)

Pass configurations by java command

e.g. java -jar build/libs/web-parser-rest.jar -D<key>=<value>

Pass configurations by docker env

e.g. docker run -d --name web-parser-rest -e googleapi.key=xxxxxx thcathy/web-parser-rest

Disclaimer

This is intended for academic purposes. The copyright of contents parsed remain owned by the source websites. Use it at your own risk.

Major Dependency

• Spring boot: application framework
• Spring webflux: web server
• Async Http Client: http client
• Jsoup: HTML Parser