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kijiji.com scraper
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| import axios from 'axios' | |
| import * as cheerio from 'cheerio' | |
| import { assert } from 'console' | |
| import open from 'open' | |
| const main = async () => { | |
| let url = process.argv[2] | |
| assert(process.argv.length !== 2, 'illegal number of arguments') | |
| assert(url, 'missing url as argument') | |
| const links = [] | |
| while (true) { | |
| let htmlStr = await axios.get(url).then((r) => r.data) | |
| let $ = cheerio.load(htmlStr) | |
| // get links from current page | |
| const newLinks = [] | |
| $('a[data-testid="listing-link"]').each((i, a) => { | |
| if (a.type === 'tag') { | |
| const href = a.attribs && a.attribs.href | |
| if (href) { | |
| newLinks.push(href) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| }) | |
| console.log('found ' + newLinks.length + ' links') | |
| links.push(...newLinks) | |
| // set link for next page, repeat | |
| let nextButton = $('li[data-testid="pagination-next-link"] a') | |
| if (!nextButton.length) { | |
| console.log('reached last page') | |
| break | |
| } | |
| const nextButtonHref = nextButton.attr('href') | |
| if (!nextButtonHref) { | |
| console.error('next button has no href') | |
| process.exit(1) | |
| } | |
| const nextPageLink = new URL(nextButtonHref, url).href | |
| url = nextPageLink | |
| } | |
| console.log('press enter key to open the ' + links.length + ' scraped links in your default browser') | |
| await new Promise((resolve) => process.stdin.once('data', resolve)) | |
| // iterate through links | |
| for (let i = 0; i < links.length; i++) { | |
| const l = links[i] | |
| const lurl = new URL(l, url).href | |
| console.log('opening: ' + lurl) | |
| open(lurl) | |
| } | |
| process.exit(0) | |
| } | |
| main() |
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| const { join } = require("path"); | |
| module.exports = { | |
| cacheDirectory: join(__dirname, ".cache", "puppeteer"), | |
| }; |
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