# JobSearch JobSearch is a service for scraping for contract opportunities. It is primarily a re-write of the existing nodeJS JobSearch codebase. It currently fetches releases from the UK Government [Find a Tender](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/) service (FTS), which publishes them in the [OCDS](https://standard.open-contracting.org/) format. A mock of the FTS API is included for development. ## Building ```bash scripts/build.sh # build/job-search- scripts/build.sh --release # also package release/job-search--.tar.gz ``` The build script runs `go generate ./...` and stamps the version from the latest git tag. A build from untagged commits is marked as a development build and isn't packaged unless `--force` is also given. During development, `go run ./cmd/jobsearch` works as well. ## Configuration Configuration is read from, in increasing priority: 1. Built-in defaults 2. `config.yaml` in `/etc/job-search` or the working directory, or the file given with `--config` 3. `JOBSEARCH_*` environment variables, e.g. `JOBSEARCH_LOGGING_LEVEL=debug` A `.env` file in the working directory is loaded into the environment first, and must exist. Example `config.yaml`: ```yaml logging: level: info file: /var/log/job-search.log sources: find_a_tender: enabled: true interval: 10m ``` See [internal/config](internal/config/README.md) for every key and how the configuration code works. ## Usage Global flags: `--config`/`-c` (config file), `--debug`/`-d` and `--quiet`/`-q` (errors only). | Command | Purpose | |---|---| | `job-search fetch service` | Poll every enabled source on its interval until stopped (Ctrl+C or SIGTERM) | | `job-search fetch once` | Fetch from Find a Tender once and print the releases as JSON | | `job-search config init [path]` | Create a config file | | `job-search config show` | Print the configuration (`--json` or `--yaml` for those formats) | | `job-search config get ` | Print one value, e.g. `logging.level` | | `job-search config set ` | Validate and write one value to the config file | | `job-search config set --unset ` | Remove a value from the config file | | `job-search version` | Print version information | `fetch service` logs to `logging.file` if it's set, or to the terminal with `--foreground`. Both fetch commands take `--since "YYYY-MM-DD[ hh:mm:ss]"`. `fetch once` can be limited with `--planning`, `--opportunities` or `--awards`, and with `--ignore-rate-limit` it fails on a rate limit instead of waiting. ## Mock Find a Tender server To develop without using the real API, run the mock and enable the `fts_mock` source: ```bash go run ./cmd/mock-fts --min-gap 5s --max-gap 10s --rate-limit 1000 ``` ```yaml sources: fts_mock: enabled: true interval: 1m api_root: http://localhost:8080/api/1.0 ``` See [internal/mock](internal/mock/README.md) for its options and behaviour. ## Project layout | Path | Contents | |---|---| | `cmd/jobsearch` | The `job-search` command | | `cmd/mock-fts` | The mock FTS server | | `internal/cli` | Cobra commands and shared CLI setup | | `internal/config` | Configuration loading, validation and editing | | `internal/fetcher` | Runs a worker per enabled source | | `internal/findATender` | FTS API client and conversion from OCDS to JobSearch types | | `internal/types` | JobSearch's own opportunity types | | `internal/util` | The periodic `Worker` used by the fetcher | | `internal/logging` | slog setup and the HTTP access log | | `internal/mock` | Mock external services | | `internal/version` | Version information set at build time | ## Testing ```bash go test -race ./internal/... go test -coverprofile=cover.out ./internal/... && go tool cover -func=cover.out ``` Tests don't need network access; HTTP calls go to local `httptest` servers. ## Addition of a new opportunities source Using a source called `example` as an illustration: 1. **Configuration section:** create `internal/config/conf_source_example.go`, copying an existing source such as `conf_source_ftsMock.go`: - Add a `JSCKSourceExample = "example"` constant. - Define `JobSearchConfigSourceExample`, embedding `JobSearchConfigSource` (for `enabled` and `interval`), plus any fields of its own with `cfg` and optional `default` tags, e.g. ``APIRoot string `cfg:"api_root"` ``. - Copy the standard `Map`, `Flatten`, `TypeOf`, `ValueOf` and `SetValue` methods, renaming the receiver type and using the new constant in `Flatten`. 2. **Register the section:** add ``Example JobSearchConfigSourceExample `cfg:"example"` `` to `JobSearchConfigSources` in `internal/config/conf_sources.go`. The `cfg` tag must match the constant. The source's keys (`sources.example.*`) are then loaded, validated and available to the `config` commands with no further code. 3. **Client package:** create a package that fetches from the source and returns `[]*types.Opportunity` (see `internal/types`). If the source publishes OCDS, `internal/findATender` may already be suitable, as it is for `fts_mock`: create it with the source's own API root. 4. **Worker:** create `internal/fetcher/worker_example.go`, following `worker_ftsMock.go`: - `runExample(ctx, conf, since)` builds a `util.Worker` with the source's name, `conf.Sources.Example.Interval` and a task, then calls `Run`. - The task fetches everything since its `since` argument. Wrap blocking calls in `util.AwaitTask` so shutdown isn't held up, and return `ErrNoNewReleases` when nothing is found, so the checkpoint still moves forward. Any other error makes the next run retry from the same point. 5. **Start it:** in `Run` in `internal/fetcher/fetcher.go`, add ```go if conf.Sources.Example.Enabled { start("Example", runExample) } ``` 6. **Tests:** add tests for the new config section to `internal/config/conf_sections_test.go` (add it to `TestConcreteSourceSections` and update the key count in `TestSourcesSection`), and for the client and worker, using `httptest` servers rather than the real service. 7. **Docs:** add the source and its keys to the key table in `internal/config/README.md`. ## Installation of dev tools A number of tools have been used in the development of the project. Installation of these tools can be done using `go install`. To install the tools: ```bash go install github.com/spf13/cobra-cli@latest go install git.avsdev.uk/Go/go-ocds/cmd/ocdsgen@latest ``` Ensure that the GOBIN path ($HOME/go/bin) is added to the environment before running any of the tools.