Web Scraping30 min read
Documentation and Handover
Learn how to document your scraper so anyone can run, maintain, and extend it without confusion.
David Miller
December 21, 2025
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A scraper without docs becomes useless after some months.
Good documentation answers: - what it does - how to run it - how to configure - where data goes - common errors
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README example outline
``` # Project Name
What it does Scrapes product prices from example.com
Setup pip install -r requirements.txt
Run python main.py
Config Edit config.py
Output Data saved to SQLite DB
Notes Respect robots.txt ```
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Inline code comments
```python # Fetch HTML from target URL html = fetch(url) ```
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Graph: knowledge transfer
```mermaid flowchart LR A[Developer] --> B[Docs] B --> C[Next Maintainer] ```
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Remember - Write README - Explain configs and outputs - Your future self will thank you
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