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Scrape Billboard Hot 100 and create an array of objects
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/** | |
* Install x-ray with: 'npm install x-ray' | |
* (Also see: https://github.com/lapwinglabs/x-ray) | |
* | |
* Run with: node scraper.js | |
* | |
* Result: | |
* | |
* [ { rankCurrent: '1', | |
* rankLast: 'Last Week: 1', | |
* title: 'One Dance', | |
* artist: 'Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla' }, | |
* { rankCurrent: '2', | |
* rankLast: 'Last Week: 2', | |
* title: 'Can\'t Stop The Feeling!', | |
* artist: 'Justin Timberlake' }, | |
* { rankCurrent: '3', | |
* rankLast: 'Last Week: 3', | |
* title: 'Panda', | |
* artist: 'Desiigner' }, | |
* { rankCurrent: '4', | |
* rankLast: 'Last Week: 4', | |
* title: 'Don\'t Let Me Down', | |
* artist: 'The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya' }, | |
* .... | |
*/ | |
var Xray = require('x-ray'); | |
var scraper = Xray({ | |
filters: { | |
trim: function (value) { | |
return typeof value === 'string' ? value.replace(/\n/g, '').trim() : value | |
} | |
} | |
}); | |
scraper('http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100', '.chart-row__main-display', | |
[{ | |
rankCurrent: '.chart-row__current-week', | |
rankLast: '.chart-row__last-week', | |
title: '.chart-row__song | trim', | |
artist: '.chart-row__artist | trim' | |
}] | |
)(console.log); |
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