dilbert

dilbert.js

const get = require("simple-get");

const cheerio = require('cheerio')

const pad = function(num) {
  if (num < 10) {
    return "0" + num;
  } else  {
    return num;
  }
}

let current = new Date();
let url = `https://dilbert.com/strip/${current.getFullYear()}-${pad(current.getMonth() + 1)}-${pad(current.getDate())}`
console.log("url is " + url);

get.concat(url, (error, response, data) => {

  if (error) {
    console.log("there was error");
    console.log(error);
    return;
  }
 

  let $ = cheerio.load(data.toString());
  let thing = $(".img-comic-container img");
  let imageURL = "http:" + thing[0].attribs.src;
  console.log(imageURL);

  get.concat(imageURL, (error, response, imageData) => {
    console.log(imageData);
  });
});