File Type: ts
Generated Description:
This TypeScript file (linkedin-title-cleaner.ts
) is a command-line tool designed to process a CSV file containing LinkedIn recruiter information, clean and filter the data based on specified criteria, and output the results to a text file. It leverages asynchronous operations and robust error handling.
The script reads a CSV file (linkedin-recruiters.csv
), likely containing columns for company, title, and LinkedIn profile link. It cleans the company and title data using a series of string manipulation functions, removing diacritics, special characters, extra whitespace, and standardizing the format. It then filters the data based on a specified company name (provided as a command-line argument) and optionally a regular expression pattern to match within the cleaned title. Finally, it writes the LinkedIn profile links of the matching entries to an output file (output.txt
).
- Command-line Argument Parsing: Uses
Bun
'sargv
to retrieve command-line arguments, specifically the target company name and an optional case-sensitive regex pattern for title matching. Input validation ensures arguments are strings. - Custom Logger: Uses a custom logger (
./logger
) for structured logging with timestamp and configurable log levels (INFO, DEBUG, WARN, ERROR). This improves debugging and monitoring. - CSV Parsing: Implements a custom CSV parser (
parseCsvLine
) to handle potential commas within fields by correctly managing quoted fields. This is crucial for robustness. - String Cleaning Function (
cleaner
): A comprehensive function to clean strings, converting to lowercase, removing diacritics, non-alphanumeric characters, extra whitespace, and emojis. - Title Filtering Operations (
OPERATIONS
): AMap
that defines functions to handle various title delimiters (|, -, ',', /, @) by taking only the part of the string before the delimiter. - Data Filtering: Filters the processed data based on the provided company name and optional regex pattern for title matching, offering both case-sensitive and case-insensitive options.
- File I/O: Uses
node:fs
for reading the input CSV file and writing the output text file.readFileSync
andwriteFileSync
are used for simplicity, but for very large files, streaming approaches would be more efficient.
- Asynchronous Operations: Uses
async/await
for asynchronous file I/O and module imports, improving performance and preventing blocking. - Error Handling: Includes comprehensive
try...catch...finally
blocks at multiple levels for robust error handling and logging. Errors are logged using the custom logger and also printed to the console for better visibility. - Functional Programming Elements: Uses
reduce
to chain multiple title cleaning operations defined in theOPERATIONS
map. This improves code readability and maintainability. - Regular Expressions: Employs regular expressions for flexible title matching based on the user-provided pattern.
- LinkedIn Recruiter Data Analysis: This script could be used to extract specific recruiter information based on company and title keywords, for example, to identify recruiters working at a particular company and specializing in a certain area.
- Lead Generation: The cleaned and filtered data can be used for targeted outreach or lead generation efforts.
- Data Cleansing: The string cleaning functions can be reused for cleaning data in other contexts where similar formatting issues exist.
- Automation: This script could be integrated into a larger data processing pipeline for automated LinkedIn data extraction and analysis.
The script is well-structured, efficient, and addresses potential errors effectively. The use of a custom logger and detailed error handling significantly enhances its maintainability and usability. However, for extremely large input files, the use of streaming techniques for file I/O would improve performance.
Description generated on 4/18/2025, 11:42:18 PM
see https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zfz-YcuWdFMdyPtCc1MoE4h0gk-APurRiCF8BZy12AQ/edit?usp=sharing