quora-automation/js/find-question.js

Automate creating question and getting all answers

"use strict";
var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(result.value); }).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
    });
};
Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
const puppeteer_1 = require("puppeteer");
const config_1 = require("./config");
function findQuestion(question, deploymentType) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const browser = yield puppeteer_1.launch(config_1.launchConfig(deploymentType));
        const page = yield browser.newPage();
        const sanitisedQuestion = question.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]/g, '')
            .replace(/\s/g, '-');
        yield page.goto(`https://www.quora.com/${sanitisedQuestion}`);
        const url = page.url();
        let firstAnswer = 'No answer found yet, try again later';
        if (!url.includes('unanswered')) {
            const answer = yield page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('div[id$="expanded_content"]:first-of-type > div.u-serif-font-main--large').textContent);
            firstAnswer = answer.replace(/\(([^)]+)\)/g, '')
                .replace(/([^\d])\.([^\d])/g, '$1. $2')
                .replace(/([\d])\.([^\d])/g, '$1. $2')
                .replace(/([^\d])\.([\d])/g, '$1. $2')
                .replace(/([^\d])\,([^\d])/g, '$1, $2')
                .replace(/([\d])\,([^\d])/g, '$1, $2')
                .replace(/([^\d])\,([\d])/g, '$1, $2')
                .replace(/([^\d])\!([^\d])/g, '$1! $2')
                .replace(/([\d])\!([^\d])/g, '$1! $2')
                .replace(/([^\d])\!([\d])/g, '$1! $2')
                .replace(/\s+\./g, '.')
                .replace(/\,+/g, ',')
                .replace(/\.+/g, '.')
                .replace(/\!+/g, '!')
                .replace('  ', ' ')
                .replace(question, '');
        }
        yield browser.close();
        return Promise.resolve(firstAnswer);
    });
}
exports.findQuestion = findQuestion;
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