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Scrape Dilbert strips from http://dilbert.com/ for given duration
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var request = require("request"), | |
cheerio = require("cheerio"), | |
fs = require('fs'); | |
var site = "http://dilbert.com"; | |
var startingPage = "/strip/2005-01-01"; | |
var finalPage = '/strip/2006-01-01'; | |
var nextPage = startingPage; | |
function downloadFileInFolder(fromUrl, fileName) { | |
request(fromUrl).pipe(fs.createWriteStream(fileName)); | |
console.log('Saved image ' + fileName); | |
} | |
var scrapeStrip = function (error, response, body) { | |
console.log('Now at ' + site + nextPage); | |
if (!error) { | |
var $ = cheerio.load(body); | |
var stripImageUrl = $(".img-comic").attr('src'); | |
console.log("Found strip at " + stripImageUrl); | |
downloadFileInFolder(stripImageUrl, nextPage.substr(1) + '.jpg'); | |
nextPage = $('.nav-right>a').attr('href'); | |
console.log('Next page is ' + nextPage); | |
if (nextPage != finalPage) { | |
request(site + nextPage, null, scrapeStrip); | |
} | |
} else { | |
console.log("We’ve encountered an error: " + error); | |
} | |
}; | |
request(site + nextPage, null, scrapeStrip); |
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