xbox-and-ps5-scraper

Scrapes stock checker for Xbox Series X and PS5 inventory and sounds alarm when in stock

Built With

• Axios - Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js
• Cheerio - Tiny, fast, and elegant implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server
• Player - A command line player, supports play mp3 both from url and local stream.
• Open - Open stuff like URLs, files, executables. Cross-platform.

Highlights

• Scrapes multiple endpoints and aggregates data for analysis.
• Parses DOM element using cheerio.
• If suitable in stock match is found, opens URL in default browser and sounds alarm on computer.
• Checks for stock every 5 minutes while running.

Development setup

npm i
node app.js

Article Explaining Logic

• Read an article explaining the logic here: LinkedIn Post about Logic

Author

Chris Bradshaw – @_chrisbradshaw – [email protected]

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

https://github.com/chrisbradshaw

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/chrisbradshaw/xbox-and-ps5-scraper)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
5. Create a new Pull Request