var http = require('http')
var url = 'http://finance.google.com/finance/info?client=ig&q=INDEXASX:XAO'
// method for retrieving texty-json from URL
var download = (url, callback) => {
http.get(url, res => {
var data = ''
res.on('data', chunk => {
data += chunk
})
res.on('end', () => {
callback(data)
})
}).on('error', () => {
callback(null)
})
}
// method for cleaning up data somewhat
var cleanData = (data, cb) => {
var dat = data.trim()
var da = dat.replace(/[^\:\w\,]/gi, '')
// return console.log(da);
return cb(da)
}
// method for turning text into JSON object
var objTransform = (data, cb) => {
var result = {};
data.split(/\s*\,\s*/).forEach(function(el){
var parts = el.split(/\s*:\s*/); result[parts[0]] = parts[1];
});
return cb(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2))
// return result;
}
// actually using all the preceding methods together to win.
download(url, (data) => {
if (data) {
cleanData(data, (da) => {
objTransform(da, (result) => {
// this is where you want to output into MAX
console.log(result);
})
})
} else {
console.log('error');
}
})
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