tenderpilot/scrapers/find-tender.js

import axios from 'axios';
import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
import pg from 'pg';
import dotenv from 'dotenv';

dotenv.config();

const pool = new pg.Pool({
  connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL || 'postgresql://tenderpilot:tenderpilot123@localhost:5432/tenderpilot'
});

// Rate limiting
const delay = (ms) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));

async function scrapeTenders() {
  try {
    console.log(`[${new Date().toISOString()}] Starting Find a Tender scrape...`);
    
    let insertedCount = 0;
    const maxPages = 5; // Limit to first 5 pages to be respectful
    
    for (let page = 1; page <= maxPages; page++) {
      console.log(`Fetching page ${page}...`);
      
      const url = `https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search/Results?page=${page}&sort=recent`;
      
      const response = await axios.get(url, {
        timeout: 30000,
        headers: {
          'User-Agent': 'TenderRadar/1.0 (UK Public Procurement Aggregator; contact@tenderradar.co.uk)'
        }
      });
      
      const $ = cheerio.load(response.data);
      const tenderElements = $('.search-result');
      
      if (tenderElements.length === 0) {
        console.log('No more tenders found, stopping pagination');
        break;
      }
      
      console.log(`Found ${tenderElements.length} tenders on page ${page}`);
      
      for (let i = 0; i < tenderElements.length; i++) {
        try {
          const element = tenderElements.eq(i);
          
          const titleLink = element.find('.search-result-header a').first();
          const title = titleLink.text().trim();
          const rawHref = titleLink.attr('href') || '';
          const noticeUrl = rawHref.startsWith('http') ? rawHref : 'https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk' + rawHref;
          
          // Extract source ID from URL
          const urlMatch = noticeUrl.match(/\/([A-Z0-9-]+)$/);
          const sourceId = urlMatch ? urlMatch[1] : noticeUrl;
          
          const authority = element.find('.search-result-sub-header').text().trim();
          const description = element.find('.search-result-description').text().trim();
          
          // Extract dates and value
          const metadata = element.find('.search-result-metadata').text();
          let publishedDate = null;
          let deadline = null;
          let valueLow = null;
          
          const publishMatch = metadata.match(/Published:\s*(\d{1,2}\s+\w+\s+\d{4})/);
          if (publishMatch) {
            publishedDate = new Date(publishMatch[1]).toISOString();
          }
          
          const deadlineMatch = metadata.match(/Deadline:\s*(\d{1,2}\s+\w+\s+\d{4})/);
          if (deadlineMatch) {
            deadline = new Date(deadlineMatch[1]).toISOString();
          }
          
          const valueMatch = metadata.match(/£([\d,]+)/);
          if (valueMatch) {
            valueLow = parseFloat(valueMatch[1].replace(/,/g, ''));
          }
          
          await pool.query(
            `INSERT INTO tenders (
              source, source_id, title, description, summary, cpv_codes,
              value_low, value_high, currency, published_date, deadline,
              authority_name, authority_type, location, documents_url, notice_url, status
            ) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, $12, $13, $14, $15, $16, $17)
             ON CONFLICT (source_id) DO NOTHING`,
            [
              'find_tender',
              sourceId,
              title.substring(0, 500),
              description,
              description.substring(0, 500),
              [],
              valueLow,
              valueLow,
              'GBP',
              publishedDate,
              deadline,
              authority,
              'government',
              'UK',
              '',
              noticeUrl,
              deadline && new Date(deadline) > new Date() ? 'open' : 'closed'
            ]
          );
          insertedCount++;
        } catch (e) {
          console.error('Error inserting tender:', e.message);
        }
      }
      
      // Rate limiting: wait 2 seconds between pages
      if (page < maxPages) {
        await delay(2000);
      }
    }
    
    console.log(`[${new Date().toISOString()}] Find a Tender scrape complete. Inserted/updated ${insertedCount} tenders`);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error scraping Find a Tender:', error.message);
  } finally {
    await pool.end();
  }
}

scrapeTenders();