Fetch info about the latest item from https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning

getFreeEbook.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

'use strict';
"use latest";

var https = require('https');
var cheerio = require('cheerio');

var base = 'https://www.packtpub.com/'
var freeEbookURL = base + 'packt/offers/free-learning';

https.get(freeEbookURL, (res) => {
  res.on('data', (d) => {
  	var $ = cheerio.load(d);
    var title = $('.dotd-title').text().trim();
    var CAB = $('.twelve-days-claim').attr('href');
    if (title && CAB) {
	    console.log(`Today's free ebook from Packtpub is ${title}.`);
    	console.log(`To claim it, click here ${base + CAB}.`);    	
    }
  });

}).on('error', (e) => {
  console.error(e);
});

@neetlooker, cheerio module is a requirement and useful for web scrapping:

npm install request cheerio

Probably the same result could be achieving (and maybe more like logging in and downloading the ebook in a folder) via http://phantomjs.org/page-automation.html

Let's do it :)