World Cup Rosters

roster.js

var request = require('request'),
    cheerio = require('cheerio');

if (process.argv.length !== 3) {
  console.log('Usage: node roster.js <country>');
  process.exit(1);
}

var country = process.argv[2];

console.log('Fetching roster for ' + country + '...');

var url = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/' + country + '_national_football_team';

request.get(url, function(err, response, body) {

  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
    process.exit(1);
  }

  var htmlBeginning = '<span class="mw-headline" id="Current_squad">Current squad</span>';
  var htmlEnd = '<span class="mw-headline" id="Recent_call-ups">Recent call-ups</span>';
  var tempBody = body.split(htmlBeginning)[1];
  tempBody = tempBody.split(htmlEnd)[0];
  tempBody = tempBody.slice(5, -5);

  var $ = cheerio.load(tempBody);
  var table = $('table.sortable');

  var $table = cheerio.load(table.html());

  var players = [];

  $table('tr').map(function(index, row) {
    players[index] = {};
    $(this).children().each(function(i, player) {

      if (i === 2) {
        players[index].name = $(this).text();
      }

      if (i === 4) {
        players[index].age = $(this).text();
      }

      if (i === 6) {
        players[index].club = $(this).text();
      }
    });
  });

  console.log('\n');

  players.forEach(function(player) {
    if (player && player.name && player.name !== 'Player') {
      console.log(player.name, ',', player.age, ',', player.club)
    }
  });

  console.log('\n');

  process.exit();
});