today-idiom/index.js

A Node.js package that picks an English idiom for today

const request = require('request-promise');
const cheerio = require('cheerio');
const { BASE_URL } = require('./lib/constants');

async function getIdiom() {
  try {
    const html = await request.get(BASE_URL);
    const $ = cheerio.load(html);

    let examples = [];

    const idiom = $('.clr-green').text().trim();
    const meaning = $('h3 ~ p').first().text().trim();

    $('.example ul li').each((index, element) => {
      examples.push($(element).text().trim());
    });

    return {
      idiom,
      meaning,
      examples,
    };
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);

    return {};
  }
}

module.exports = { getIdiom };