CAU Food Scraper (CAUFS)

A CAU restaurant menu scraper for Node.js

NOTE: You should follow the migration guide in favor of v2 release.

What's new in v2

• 🎯 Promise-based precise data scraping without any wasting of time
• 🚀 Boost up to 5x faster
• 🗑 Reduce dependencies which are totally unnecessary

Installation

npm install @payw/cau-food-scraper
# OR
yarn add @payw/cau-food-scraper

Usage

// Node.js
const { CAUFS } = require('@payw/cau-food-scraper')
// webpack
// import { CAUFS } from '@payw/cau-food-scraper'

CAUFS({
  id: 'portalId',
  pw: 'portalPw',
  days: 1 // optional (default: 5)
}).then(data => {
  // Do something
})

Migration from v1 to v2

You should import the library differently.

/* v1 */
// Node.js
const foodScrape = require('@payw/cau-food-scraper').default
// webpack
import foodScrape from '@payw/cau-food-scraper'

/* v2 */
// Node.js
const { CAUFS } = require('@payw/cau-food-scraper')
// webpack
import { CAUFS } from '@payw/cau-food-scraper'

Currently, the chage below is deprecated and will be reverted back on the next major release.

Returning data type of Day and its children types had been slightly changed. The package includes a type definition with more detailed information.

/* v1 */
type Day = {
  date: string
  breakfast: Food[]
  lunch: Food[]
  supper: Food[]
}

/* v2 */
type Day = {
  date: string
  timeGroup: {
    breakfast: Restaurant[]
    lunch: Restaurant[]
    supper: Restaurant[]
  }
}