Average UK weekly television viewing figures from BARB

barb-weekly-viewing-figures.js

const axios = require('axios')
const qs = require('qs')
const fs = require('fs-extra')

const thisYear = (new Date).getFullYear()

const fetch = async () => {
  const years = []

  for (let year = 1992; year <= thisYear; year++) {
    years.push(year)
  }

  const body = qs.stringify({
    data_series: years
  }, {
    arrayFormat: 'brackets'
  })

  const response = await axios.post(
    'https://barb-api.mediatel.co.uk/trendspotting/data/average-weekly-viewing',
    body
  )

  await fs.writeJSON('weekly-viewing-figures.json', response.data, {
    spaces: 2
  })
}

fetch().then(() => {
  console.log('done')
})