imdb_top_250 scrape

index.js

const axios = require('axios')
const cheerio = require('cheerio')
const express = require('express')

const app = express()
const port = 3000

app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
    const getMovies = async () => {
        const siteUrl = 'https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/'
        const { data } = await axios.get(siteUrl)
        const $ = cheerio.load(data)
        let finalData = []
        $('tbody.lister-list').find('tr').each((index, element) => {
            let link = $(element).find('a').attr('href')
            let image = $(element).find('img').attr('src')
            let rank = index + 1
            let name = $(element).find('td.titleColumn').find('a').text()
            let year = $(element).find('span.secondaryInfo').text().replace('(', '').replace(')', '')
            let rating = $(element).find('td.ratingColumn.imdbRating').find('strong').text()
            finalData.push({
                'rank': rank,
                'name': name,
                'year': year,
                'rating': rating,
                'link': `https://imdb.com${link}`,
                'image': image,
            })
        })
        return finalData
    }
    
    const apiData = await getMovies()
    res.json({
        'data': apiData
    })
})
  
app.listen(port, () => {
    console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}`)
})