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A simple NodeJS script to parse out the permalink and title from Reddit search
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// https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/search.json?q=author%3Abryanindurham&restrict_sr=1 | |
// https://www.reddit.com/wiki/search | |
// Get Command Line Arguments | |
filename=process.argv[2]; | |
console.log("Checking: " + filename); | |
// Read the file from command line | |
fs = require('fs') | |
fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8', | |
function (err,data) | |
{ | |
if (err) | |
{ | |
return console.log(err); | |
} | |
// children is an array in JSON | |
// We are interested in the title and permalink | |
myJSON=JSON.parse(data); | |
IntermediateParsing=myJSON.data; | |
for (i=0; i<IntermediateParsing.children.length; i++) | |
{ | |
outNum=i+1; | |
console.log("Output number: "+outNum+" of "+IntermediateParsing.children.length); | |
console.log(myJSON.data.children[i].data.title); | |
console.log("https://reddit.com"+myJSON.data.children[i].data.permalink); | |
} | |
} | |
); |
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