inshorts-api/index.js

A Node.js wrapper around the inshorts.com website.

const cheerio = require('cheerio');
const fetch = require('node-fetch');



function get(options, callback){


	var flag = 0;

	const URL = `https://inshorts.com/${options.lang}/read/${options.category}`;

	return fetch(URL)
	.then(response => response.text())
	.then(body=>{

		const news = [];
		const $ = cheerio.load(body);
		$('.news-card').each((i, element)=>{
			const $element = $(element);

			const $title = $element.find('div.news-card-title a.clickable span');
			const title = $title.text();

			const $author = $element.find('div.news-card-title div.news-card-author-time span.author');
			const author = $author.text();

			const $time = $element.find('div.news-card-title div.news-card-author-time span.time');
			const time = $time.text();

			const $date = $element.find('div.news-card-author-time');
			const date = $date.children().last().text();

			const createdAt = `${time} ${date}`;

			const $content = $element.find('div.news-card-content div');
			let content = $content.text();
				content = content.substring(0, content.indexOf('\n'));

			const info = {
				title: $title.text(),
				author: $author.text(),
				content: content,
				postedAt: createdAt,
				sourceURL: URL
			}
			news.push(info);


			if((i+1)==options.numOfResults){
				callback(news);
				flag=1;
			}
		});
		if(!flag){
			callback(news);
		}
		if(news.length<1){
			callback({
				errorText: 'No data was returned. Check options object.'
			});
		}
	})
	.catch(err=>{
		callback(err);
	})
};

module.exports.get = get;