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How To Perform Web Scraping With JavaScript And Selenium
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const express = require('express'); | |
const { Builder, By } = require('selenium-webdriver'); | |
const app = express(); | |
const port = 3000; | |
app.get('/', async (request, response) => { | |
// Web Scraping Code here | |
try { | |
const data = await WebScrapingLocalTest(); | |
response.status(200).json(data); | |
} catch (error) { | |
response.status(500).json({ | |
message: 'Server error occurred', | |
}); | |
} | |
}); | |
app.listen(port, () => { | |
console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`); | |
}); | |
async function WebScrapingLocalTest() { | |
try { | |
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser('chrome').build(); | |
await driver.get('https://www.youtube.com/c/LambdaTest/videos'); | |
const allVideos = await driver.findElements( | |
By.css('ytd-grid-video-renderer.style-scope.ytd-grid-renderer') | |
); | |
return await getVideos(allVideos); | |
} catch (error) { | |
throw new Error(error); | |
} finally { | |
await driver.quit(); | |
} | |
} |
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