diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 757fee3..d56bda0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-/.idea
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+/.idea
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/api/core/jobs/__init__.py b/api/core/jobs/__init__.py
index f19b7c8..4343afe 100644
--- a/api/core/jobs/__init__.py
+++ b/api/core/jobs/__init__.py
@@ -53,3 +53,12 @@ class JobPost(BaseModel):
     compensation: Compensation
     date_posted: datetime
     delivery: Delivery = None
+
+
+class JobResponse(BaseModel):
+    jobs: list[JobPost]
+
+    job_count: int
+
+    page: int
+    total_pages: int
diff --git a/api/core/scrapers/__init__.py b/api/core/scrapers/__init__.py
index e69de29..e31b1e2 100644
--- a/api/core/scrapers/__init__.py
+++ b/api/core/scrapers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from enum import Enum
+from ..jobs import JobResponse, JobPost
+
+
+class Site(Enum):
+    LINKEDIN = "linkedin"
+    INDEED = "indeed"
+    ZIP_RECRUITER = "zip_recruiter"
+
+
+class ScraperInput(BaseModel):
+    site: Site
+
+    location: str
+    search_term: str
+
+    page: int = None
+
+
+class Scraper:  #: to be used as a child class
+    def __init__(self, site: Site):
+        self.site = site
+
+    def scrape(self, scraper_input: ScraperInput) -> JobResponse: ...
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