mtggoldfish-scrapper v5.0.0

MTG Goldfish Commander Deck Scraper

A Node.js application that scrapes Commander deck lists from MTGGoldfish.com and returns a random deck URL.

Features

• Scrapes Commander deck lists from MTGGoldfish.com
• Configurable number of pages to scrape via command line argument
• Returns a random deck URL from the collected decks
• Uses Puppeteer for web scraping
• Global CLI command support

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm (Node Package Manager)

Installation

Local Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies:

npm install

Global Installation

To use the tool from anywhere in your command line:

npm install -g .

Usage

As a local package:

npm start [pages]

As a global command:

After global installation, you can use the rdeck command from anywhere:

rdeck [pages]

Where [pages] is an optional argument to specify the number of pages to scrape. If not provided, it defaults to 5 pages.

Examples:

rdeck      # Scrapes 5 pages (default)
rdeck 10   # Scrapes 10 pages
rdeck 1    # Scrapes just 1 page

The script will: 1. Scrape the specified number of Commander deck pages from MTGGoldfish 2. Display the number of decks found on each page 3. Show the total number of decks collected 4. Output a random deck URL from the collection

Project Structure

• src/
  • index.js - Main entry point and CLI command
  • functions.js - Core scraping functionality
• package.json - Project configuration and dependencies

Dependencies

• Puppeteer (^24.3.0) - Headless Chrome Node.js API

License

ISC