topuniversities-scraper An API to get a list of top universities based on the QS World University Rankings in various formats (HTML table, JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS feed). Currently, the scraper supports two modes: - Basic mode (to get a list of ranked universities with basic data like name, country, and link to its detail) - Detailed mode (to get detailed information about the universities by visiting its detail pages) ## Future plans - To scrape more information in the detailed mode - To be able to filter countries for a region (e.g. Europe) ## Input parameters The input of this scraper should be JSON containing the filter of universities that should be scrapped. Required fields are: | Field | Type | Description | | ----- | ---- | ----------- | | mode | String | Choose a mode (see the description above) | | year | String | Select a year of the rankings | | country | String | Select specific country or select "All countries" to not filter universities | ### Input example json { "mode": "basic", "year": "2020", "country": "Canada" }