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var http = require('http'), | |
Url = require('url'), | |
htmlparser = require('node-htmlparser'), | |
dom = require('jsdom/level1/core').dom.level1.core, | |
index = require('jsdom/browser/index'), | |
sizzleInit = require('sizzle').sizzleInit; | |
// Simple wrapper around node's http client, htmlparser, jsdom, and sizzle | |
function fetch(url, callback) { | |
var uri = Url.parse(url); | |
var server = http.createClient(uri.port || 80, uri.host); | |
var request = server.request('GET', uri.pathname, { | |
Host: uri.host | |
}); | |
request.end(); | |
request.on('response', function (response) { | |
response.setEncoding('utf8'); | |
var body = ""; | |
response.on('data', function (chunk) { | |
body += chunk | |
}); | |
response.on('end', function () { | |
var browser = index.windowAugmentation(dom, {parser: htmlparser}); | |
browser.document.body.innerHTML = body; | |
var Sizzle = sizzleInit(browser, browser.document); | |
callback(null, Sizzle); | |
}); | |
response.on('error', callback); | |
}); | |
request.on('error', callback); | |
} | |
// Grabs the main sections from the index page | |
function getBooks(callback) { | |
fetch("http://scriptures.lds.org/", function (err, Sizzle) { | |
if (err) return callback(err); | |
var results = {}; | |
Sizzle("a").forEach(function (a) { | |
var href = a.href; | |
if (!(/\/contents$/).test(href)) return; | |
Sizzle(".smallcaps", a).forEach(function (div) { | |
results[href] = div.innerHTML.trim(); | |
}) | |
}); | |
callback(null, results); | |
}); | |
} | |
getBooks(function (err, books) { | |
if (err) throw err; | |
console.dir(books); | |
}); |
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