convert-books-json-to-md-files.js

import fs from "node:fs";

const booksJSON = fs.readFileSync("./static/data/books.json", "utf-8");
const books = JSON.parse(booksJSON);

function slugify(str) {
  return String(str)
    .normalize("NFKD") // split accented characters into their base characters and diacritical marks
    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "") // remove all the accents, which happen to be all in the \u03xx UNICODE block.
    .trim() // trim leading or trailing whitespace
    .toLowerCase() // convert to lowercase
    .replace(/[^a-z0-9 -]/g, "") // remove non-alphanumeric characters
    .replace(/\s+/g, "-") // replace spaces with hyphens
    .replace(/-+/g, "-"); // remove consecutive hyphens
}

function generateMDFromJSON(book) {
  return `+++
title = "${book.title}"
date = "${book.date}"
[extra]
author = "${book.author}"
isbn = "${book.isbn}"
isbn13 = "${book.isbn13}"
pages = "${book.pages}"
rating = "${book.rating}"
dateRead = "${book.dateRead}"
dateAdded = "${book.dateAdded}"
+++
`;
}

books.forEach((book) => {
  fs.writeFileSync(
    "./content/books/" + slugify(book.title) + ".md",
    generateMDFromJSON(book)
  );
});

scrape-books-from-goodreads.js

// Go to https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/51138437-bassam-ismail?utf8=✓&shelf=read&sort=date_read&title=bassam-ismail&per_page=100
// and paste the script in the console. This is will grab the details of the books visible (100 books)
// and copy it to the clipboard.
// Save the copied data in `static/data/books.json`
let trs = [...document.querySelector("#booksBody").querySelectorAll("tr")];
let books = trs.map((tr) => {
  const title = tr
    .querySelector(".title .value")
    .textContent.trim()
    .split("\n")
    .join(" ");
  const author = tr.querySelector(".author .value a").textContent.trim();
  const isbn = tr.querySelector(".isbn .value").textContent.trim();
  const isbn13 = tr.querySelector(".isbn13 .value").textContent.trim();
  const pages = tr
    .querySelector(".num_pages .value")
    .textContent.trim()
    ?.split("\n")?.[0];
  const rating = tr
    .querySelector(".rating .value .stars")
    .dataset.rating.trim();
  const dateRead = tr
    .querySelector(".date_read .date_read_value")
    ?.textContent.trim();
  const dateAdded = tr.querySelector(".date_added .value").textContent.trim();
  const date = dateRead ? new Date(dateRead).toISOString() : "";
  return {
    title,
    date,
    author,
    isbn,
    isbn13,
    pages,
    rating,
    dateRead,
    dateAdded,
  };
});

copy(books);