appledaily-parser v0.1.3

appledaily-parser

Parse content on the Apple Daily HK website in Node.js

Usage

In your project

npm install appledaily-parser --save

In your main js file

var AppleDaily = require('appledaily-parser')();
AppleDaily.sections().then(function(sections){

	console.log(sections);

	// display in the menu, 
	// or use to loop through articles in each section

	var cat1 = sections[0];
	cat1.articles().then(function(articles){

		console.log(articles);

		// todo: do whatever to the list of articles

		var article1 = articles[0];

		// call getArticle to fetch the full detail
		article1.getArticle().then(function(article){

			// todo

		})

	});

});

Format

Section

{
	label: string,
	url: string,
	articles: [func]
}

Article (List)

{
	title: string,
	url: string,
	image: string,
	relativeTime: string, // only present for realtime news
	getArticle: [func]
}

Article (Detail)

{
	id: string,
	date: date,
	views: string,
	title: string,  //title when shared to facebook
	realTitle: string,  //title shown on the webpage
	images: array,
	content: string,
	permalink: string
}