Update scrape.mjs

backend/scrape.mjs

@@ -1,40 +1,49 @@
-import fs from 'fs'; // Import fs from ES module
-import fetch from 'node-fetch'; // Import fetch from node-fetch
+import axios from 'axios';
+import cheerio from 'cheerio';
+import fs from 'fs';
 
 const DATA_FILE = './data.json';
 
-async function fetchAndAppendData() {
-    try {
-        const response = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/api/trending');
-        const newData = await response.json();
+const scrapeTrendingRepos = async () => {
+  try {
+    const { data } = await axios.get('https://github.com/trending');
+    const $ = cheerio.load(data);
 
-        // Read the existing data file
-        let existingData = [];
-        if (fs.existsSync(DATA_FILE)) {
-            const rawData = fs.readFileSync(DATA_FILE);
-            existingData = JSON.parse(rawData);
-        }
+    const trendingRepos = [];
 
-        // Append the new data
-        existingData.push(...newData);
+    $('.Box-row').each((index, element) => {
+      const orgOrUserName = $(element).find('span.text-normal').text().trim();
+      const repoName = $(element).find('h1.h3 a').text().replace(orgOrUserName, '').trim();
+      const fullRepoName = `${orgOrUserName}${repoName}`;
+      const description = $(element).find('p.col-9').text().trim();
 
-        // Write the updated data back to the file
-        fs.writeFileSync(DATA_FILE, JSON.stringify(existingData, null, 2));
+      trendingRepos.push({ name: fullRepoName, description });
+    });
 
-        console.log('Data fetched and appended successfully.');
-    } catch (error) {
-        console.error('Error fetching or appending data:', error);
-        process.exit(1); // Exit with an error code
-    }
-}
-
-const startScraping = async () => {
-    console.log('Waiting for 1 minute before starting the scraping process...');
-    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1 * 60 * 1000)); // 1 minute in milliseconds
-    console.log('Starting the scraping process now...');
-
-    // Call your scraping function here
-    fetchAndAppendData();
+    return trendingRepos;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error scraping trending repositories:', error);
+  }
 };
 
-startScraping();
+const fetchAndAppendData = async () => {
+  try {
+    const newData = await scrapeTrendingRepos();
+
+    // Read the existing data file
+    let existingData = [];
+    if (fs.existsSync(DATA_FILE)) {
+      const rawData = fs.readFileSync(DATA_FILE);
+      existingData = JSON.parse(rawData);
+    }
+
+    // Append the new data
+    existingData.push(...newData);
+
+    // Write the updated data back to the file
+    fs.writeFileSync(DATA_FILE, JSON.stringify(existingData, null, 2));
+
+    console.log('Data fetched and appended successfully.');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error fetching or appending data:', error);
+    process.exit(1); // Exit