crawler-sample.js

function run() {

    try {
        var Spooky = require('spooky');
    } catch (e) {
        console.log(e.message);
        e = new Error('Failed to initialize SpookyJS');
        e.details = e;
        throw e;
    }

    var spooky = new Spooky({
            child: {
                transport: 'http'
            },
            casper: {
                logLevel: 'debug',
                verbose: true  
            }
        }, function (err) {
            if (err) {
                console.log(e.message);
                e = new Error('Failed to initialize SpookyJS');
                e.details = err;
                throw e;
            }

            spooky.start(
                'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooky_the_Tuff_Little_Ghost');
            spooky.then(function () {
                this.emit('hello', 'Hello, from ' + this.evaluate(function () {
                    return document.title;
                }));
            });

            spooky.run();
        });

    spooky.on('remote.message', function(msg) {
        this.log('remote message caught: ' + msg);
    });

    // Uncomment this block to see all of the things Casper has to say.
    // There are a lot.
    // He has opinions.
    // spooky.on('console', function (line) {
    //     console.log(line);
    // });

    spooky.on('hello', function (greeting) {
        console.log(greeting);
    });

    spooky.on('log', function (log) {
        if (log.space === 'remote') {
            console.log(log.message.replace(/ \- .*/, ''));
        }
    });
}

function create() {
    var result = {};
    result.run = run;
    return result;
}

module.exports = create;