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Example Node (4) script that pulls posts from the front page of Hacker News
/**
* Copyright (C) 2016 Michael Lyons
*
* This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
* of the MIT license.
*/
var _ = require( 'underscore' ),
q = require( 'q' ),
request = require( 'request' ),
cheerio = require( 'cheerio' );
var get = function( url ) {
return q
.Promise( ( resolve, reject ) => {
request( {
url: url,
method: 'get'
}, ( err, res, body ) => {
if( err ) return reject( err );
resolve( body );
} );
} );
};
q
.async( function *() {
var page_html = yield get( 'http://news.ycombinator.com' );
var $ = cheerio.load( page_html );
var results = $( '.athing' )
.find( '.title>a' );
return _
.map( results, ( elm ) => {
return {
text: $( elm ).text(),
href: $( elm ).attr( 'href' )
};
} )
} )()
.then( ( results ) => {
console.log( results );
process.exit( 0 );
} )
.catch( ( err ) => {
console.error( err );
process.exit( 2 );
} );
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