https://github.com/sazumivicky/web-scraping-random-name
This is a Node.js application that scrapes random names from a website and exposes an API endpoint to retrieve these names.
https://github.com/sazumivicky/web-scraping-random-name
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This is a Node.js application that scrapes random names from a website and exposes an API endpoint to retrieve these names.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sazumivicky/web-scraping-random-name
- Owner: SazumiVicky
- Created: 2024-04-01T08:47:30.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-01T11:08:36.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-24T09:12:46.085Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: random, random-name-generators, sazumi, sazumiviki, scraper, scraping, webdriverio
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://sazumi.moe
- Size: 5.86 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.MD
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README
# Web Scraping Random Name
This is a Node.js application that scrapes random names from a website and exposes an API endpoint to retrieve these names.
## Installation
1.
Clone the repository:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/SazumiVicky/web-scraping-random-name.git
```
1.
Navigate to the project directory:
```bash
cd web-scraping-random-name
```
2.
Install dependencies:
```bash
npm install
```
Usage
Start the server
```bash
node index.js
```
2.
Once the server is running, you can access the random names by making a GET request to:
```bash
http://localhost:3000/get/names/random
```
3. Example using cURL:
```bash
curl http://localhost:3000/get/names/random
```
Example response:
```json
[
{
"name_1": {
"First Name": "Clara",
"Last Name": "Middleton"
}
},
{
"name_2": {
"First Name": "Phillip",
"Last Name": "Gutierrez"
}
},
...
]
```
Dependencies
- [express - Web framework for Node.js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express)
- [webdriverio - Library for browser automation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/webdriverio)
- [cheerio - Implementation of jQuery for the server-side](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cheerio)
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.