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Node.js code to help you get started with the Nimble E-commerce API for scraping Walmart data
require("dotenv").config();
const axios = require("axios");
const fs = require("fs");
const { AsyncParser } = require("@json2csv/node");
const token = Buffer.from(
process.env.NIMBLE_USERNAME + ":" + process.env.NIMBLE_PASSWORD
).toString("base64");
async function scrapeWalmartData(credentials, data) {
const url = "https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/ecommerce";
try {
const response = await axios.post(url, data, {
headers: {
Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
});
return response.data;
} catch (error) {
throw error;
}
}
const requestData = {
parse: true,
vendor: "walmart",
url: "https://www.walmart.com/search?q=hair%20dryer&typeahead=hair%20dry",
format: "json",
render: true,
country: "ALL",
locale: "en",
};
(async () => {
try {
const data = await scrapeWalmartData(token, requestData);
const fields = ["id", "name", "image", "price", "averageRating"];
const parser = new AsyncParser({ fields });
const csv = await parser
.parse(data.parsing.entities.SearchResult)
.promise();
fs.writeFile("output.csv", csv, function (err) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("CSV file successfully saved.");
});
} catch (error) {
console.error("Error:", error);
}
})();
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