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Youtube Scrape: Fixing some issues for my own stuff from the youtube scrape project of Herman and Parth
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var express = require('express'); | |
var fs = require('fs'); | |
var request = require('request'); | |
var cheerio = require('cheerio'); | |
var app = express(); | |
//Home page | |
app.get('/', function(req, res) { | |
res.sendFile(__dirname + "/index.html"); | |
}) | |
//API route | |
app.get('/api/*', function(req, res){ | |
// Specify YouTube search url | |
var url = "https://www.youtube.com/results?q=" + req.query.q; | |
if (req.query.page) | |
url += "&page=" + req.query.page; | |
// Access YouTube search | |
request(url, function(error, response, html) { | |
// Check for errors | |
if(!error) { | |
var $ = cheerio.load(html); | |
var title, length; | |
var json = { results: [] }; | |
$(".yt-lockup-dismissable").each(function(index, vid) { | |
// Get video details | |
var title = $(vid).children().last().children().first().children().first().text(); | |
var url = "https://www.youtube.com" + $(vid).children().last().children().first().children().first().attr("href"); | |
var durlen = ($(vid).children().last().children().first().children().last().text()).length; | |
var duration = durlen < 19 ? /\d+:\d+/.exec($(vid).children().last().children().first().children().last().text()) : /\d+:\d+:\d+/.exec($(vid).children().last().children().first().children().last().text()); | |
duration = (duration) ? duration[0] : "Playlist"; | |
var snippet = $(vid).children().last().children().eq(3).text(); | |
var upload_date = $(vid).children().last().children().eq(2).children().first().children().first().text(); | |
var views = $(vid).children().last().children().eq(2).children().first().children().last().text().split(" ")[0]; | |
var thumbnail = $(vid).children().first().children().first().children().first().children().first().children().first().attr("src"); | |
var video = { | |
"title": title, | |
"url": url, | |
"duration": duration, | |
"snippet": snippet, | |
"upload_date": upload_date, | |
"thumbnail_src": thumbnail, | |
"views": views | |
} | |
// Get user details | |
var username = $(vid).children().last().children().eq(1).children().first().text(); | |
var user_url = "https://www.youtube.com" + $(vid).children().last().children().eq(1).children().first().attr("href"); | |
var verified = $(vid).children().last().children().eq(1).children().last().text() ? false : true; | |
var uploader = { | |
"username": username, | |
"url": user_url, | |
"verified": verified | |
} | |
// Send results | |
json.results.push({ video: video, uploader: uploader }); | |
}); | |
res.json(json); | |
} | |
}); | |
}); | |
app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Example app listening on port 3000!')); | |
module.exports = app; |
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