Parses vita game release dates from gamefaqs, updates reddit wiki page with table.

README.md

Requirements

• Node.js
• npm install needle HTTP client
• npm install cheerio HTML selector
• npm install snoocore reddit api client

Run

node releases.js

releases.js

var needle = require('needle');
var cheerio = require('cheerio');
var Snoocore = require('snoocore');
var reddit = new Snoocore({
  userAgent: 'test@documentation',
  oauth: {
    type: 'script',
    key: 'your app key from reddit here',
    secret: 'your app secret from reddit here',
    username: 'approved developer for the app username',
    password: 'approved developer for the app password',
    // make sure to set all the scopes you need.
    scope: [ 'wikiedit' ]
  }
});


var currentregion="";
var currentdate="";
var result={};
var table="Title|NA|EU|Japan|Australia\n:-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:\n"

needle.get('http://www.gamefaqs.com/vita/releases', function(error, response) {
  if (!error && response.statusCode == 200)
    $= cheerio.load(response.body)
    var elems=$('.post_content .span12 .pod .contrib tr').each(function(i,elem){
      var cols=$(this).find('td')
      var date= cols.eq(0).text()
      var region= cols.eq(1).text()
      var name=cols.eq(2).text()

      if (date){
        currentdate=date;
      }
      if (region){
        currentregion=region;
      }
      var regions={"Australia":"","North America":"","Japan":"","Europe":""};

      var game={"name":name,"regions":regions}
      if (typeof result[name]!= 'undefined'){
        game=result[name];
      }
      game.regions[currentregion]=currentdate
      result[name]=game
    })

    for (gamei in result){
      var game=result[gamei]
      table+=game.name+"|"+game.regions["North America"]+"|"+game.regions.Europe+"|"+game.regions.Japan+"|"+game.regions.Australia+"\n"
    }

    reddit('/r/vita/api/wiki/edit').post({
      content:table,
      page:"testreleasedates"
    });
    console.log(table)
});