The following code implements a single-threaded scraper for gathering profile information and photographs from a Taobao models directory. This implementation serves as a parctical exercise for understanding web scraping logic and workflow, despite limitations such as the absence of multi-threading, control mechanisms, selection options, and a graphical interface.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
import sys
import time
import urllib
import uuid
from selenium import webdriver

# Ensure proper encoding for the script
reload(sys)
sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')

class TaobaoModelScraper:
    def __init__(self):
        self.start_page = 1
        self.base_dir = 'taobao_models_data'
        # Initialize two separate WebDriver instances for concurrent page handling
        self.main_driver = webdriver.PhantomJS()
        self.detail_driver = webdriver.PhantomJS()

    def log_message(self, enable_log, message):
        if enable_log:
            print(message)

    def start_scraping(self, total_pages):
        for current_page in range(1, total_pages + 1):
            self.log_message(True, f'Processing page {current_page}')
            self.extract_model_links(current_page)
        self.main_driver.quit()
        self.detail_driver.quit()

    def extract_model_links(self, page_number):
        list_url = f'https://mm.taobao.com/json/request_top_list.htm?page={page_number}'
        self.main_driver.get(list_url)
        # Locate all profile link elements on the list page
        link_elements = self.main_driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//div[@class="list-item"]/div[1]/div[1]/p/a')
        
        profile_urls = []
        for element in link_elements:
            # Modify the URL to access the full profile page
            profile_url = element.get_attribute('href').replace("model_card", "model_info")
            profile_urls.append(profile_url)
            self.process_model_profile(profile_url)

    def process_model_profile(self, profile_url):
        self.detail_driver.get(profile_url)
        self.log_message(False, self.detail_driver.current_url)

        # Extract the model's name
        name_element = self.detail_driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="mm-p-model-info-left-top"]/dl/dd/a')
        model_name = name_element.text
        self.log_message(True, f'Found model: {model_name} at {profile_url}')

        # Extract profile picture URL
        avatar_element = self.detail_driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="mm-p-model-info-left-top"]/dl/dt/a/img')
        avatar_url = avatar_element.get_attribute('src')
        self.log_message(False, avatar_url)

        # Collect basic profile information
        info_items = self.detail_driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//div[@class="mm-p-info mm-p-base-info"]/ul/li')
        profile_summary = ''
        for item in info_items:
            profile_summary += item.text + '\n'

        # Save the collected profile data
        save_path = os.path.join(self.base_dir, model_name)
        save_path = save_path.strip()
        self.save_profile_data(save_path, model_name, avatar_url, str(profile_summary), profile_url)

        # Navigate to the model's photo album page
        album_link = self.detail_driver.find_element_by_xpath('//ul[@class="mm-p-menu"]//a')
        album_url = album_link.get_attribute('href')
        self.log_message(True, f'Album URL: {album_url}')

        # Retrieve all album links and names
        albums_data = self.fetch_album_list(album_url, model_name)
        # Download images from each album
        self.download_album_images(albums_data, save_path)

    def check_last_album_page(self):
        try:
            # Attempt to find the "last page" indicator
            last_page_indicator = self.main_driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="pagination"]/a[@class="page-end"]')
            self.log_message(True, "Reached the final album page")
            return None
        except:
            return True

    def get_next_album_page(self):
        try:
            next_page_button = self.detail_driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="pagination"]/a[@class="page-next J_AjaxifyTrigger"]')
            return next_page_button
        except:
            self.log_message(True, "Album scraping completed.")
            return None

    def fetch_album_list(self, album_index_url, model_name):
        try:
            album_collection = []
            self.detail_driver.get(album_index_url)
            
            current_album_page = 1
            album_counter = 1
            while self.check_last_album_page():
                if current_album_page == 0:
                    break
                
                album_entries = self.detail_driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//div[@class="mm-photo-cell"]/div/h4/a')
                for entry in album_entries:
                    album_record = {}
                    album_link = entry.get_attribute('href')
                    album_record['album_title'] = entry.text
                    album_record['album_url'] = album_link
                    album_record['page_number'] = current_album_page
                    album_record['model_name'] = model_name
                    album_collection.append(album_record)
                    album_counter += 1

                current_album_page += 1
                next_page_element = self.get_next_album_page()
                if next_page_element is None:
                    current_album_page = 0
                else:
                    next_page_element.click()
            return album_collection
        except Exception as e:
            self.log_message(True, e)

    def download_album_images(self, albums_list, base_path):
        total_albums = len(albums_list)
        self.log_message(True, f'Total albums found: {total_albums}')
        if not total_albums:
            self.log_message(True, 'No albums available for this model.')
            return
        
        for album in albums_list:
            self.detail_driver.get(album['album_url'])
            # Scroll to load all images on the page
            scroll_script = "document.body.scrollTop = document.body.scrollHeight"
            for _ in range(10):
                self.detail_driver.execute_script(scroll_script)
                time.sleep(0.1)
            
            image_elements = self.detail_driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//div[@class="mm-photoW-cell-middle"]/div/a/img')
            self.log_message(True, f"{album['album_url']} contains {len(image_elements)} images")
            
            album_save_path = os.path.join(base_path, str(album['page_number']), album['album_title'])
            self.log_message(True, album_save_path)
            
            if not os.path.exists(album_save_path):
                os.makedirs(album_save_path)
            
            image_count = 1
            for img_element in image_elements:
                image_source = img_element.get_attribute('src')
                unique_filename = os.path.join(album_save_path, f"{uuid.uuid1()}.jpg")
                urllib.urlretrieve(image_source, unique_filename)
                time.sleep(0.1)
                self.log_message(True, f"Saved image {image_count} from album '{album['album_title']}' to {album_save_path}")
                image_count += 1

    def save_profile_data(self, directory_path, name, avatar_url, summary, profile_url):
        try:
            if not os.path.exists(directory_path):
                os.makedirs(directory_path)
            
            # Download and save the profile picture
            avatar_filepath = os.path.join(directory_path, f'{name}.jpg')
            urllib.urlretrieve(avatar_url, avatar_filepath)
            
            # Save the profile summary to a text file
            info_file = os.path.join(directory_path, f'{name}.txt')
            with open(info_file, 'w+') as file:
                self.log_message(True, f'Saving profile info for {name} to {directory_path}')
                file.write(summary.encode('utf-8'))
                profile_link_text = "Profile URL: " + profile_url
                file.write(profile_link_text)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log_message(True, e)
            return False
        return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
    scraper = TaobaoModelScraper()
    scraper.start_scraping(1)

Executing this script initiates the scraping process, which logs its progress to the console as it downloads profile information and images, organizing them into a local directory structure.