【发布时间】：2016-12-08 18:28:56
【问题描述】：
我很难理解承诺。
我正在创建一个文件，该文件使用节点和 NPM 抓取网站，然后将数据记录到 CSV 文件中。现在我正在通过多次刮擦很好地收集数据，但我想在所有刮擦完成后调用写入 CSV 文件的函数。
有人可以告诉我如何创建一个承诺，该承诺将在调用 FileWrite 函数之前等到“scraper”函数中的所有刮擦完成？
现在我正在使用 request-promise 发出请求，然后对数据进行处理，但我对如何在多个请求发生后使 FileWrite 函数发生感到困惑。我尝试将 FileWrite 调用放在其中一个请求承诺中，但它们都在迭代多个要抓取的元素，我不希望文件多次写入。
'use strict';
//require NPM packages
//I chose to use request to make the http calls because it is very easy to use.
//This npm package also has recent updates, within the last 2 days.
//Lastly it has a huge number of downloads, this means it has a solid reputation in the community
var request = require('request');
//I chose to use cheerio to write the jquery for our node scraper,
//This package is very simple to use, and it was easy to write jQuery I was already familiar with,
//Cheerio also makes it simple for us to work with HTML elements on the server.
//Lastly, Cheerio is popular within the community, with continuous updates and a lot of downloads.
var cheerio = require('cheerio');
var rp = require('request-promise');
var fs = require('fs');
//I used the json2csv npm package because it was easy to implement into my code,
//This module also has frequent updates and heavy download activity.
//This is the most elegant package to download for simple translation of json objects to a CSV file format.
var json2csv = require('json2csv');
//Array for shirts JSON object for json2csv to write.
var ShirtProps = [];
var Counter = 0;
var homeURL = "http://www.shirts4mike.com/";
//start the scraper
scraper()
//Initial scrape of the home page, looking for shirts
function scraper () {
//use the datafolderexists function to check if data is a directory
if (!DataFolderExists('data')) {
fs.mkdir('data');
}
//initial request of the home url to find links that may have shirts in them
rp(homeURL).then(function (html) {
//use cheerio to load the HTML for scraping
var $ = cheerio.load(html);
//For every link with shirt in it iterate over the link and make a request.
$("a[href*=shirt]").each(function() {
//request promise
rp('http://www.shirts4mike.com/' + $(this).attr("href")).then(function (html) {
Counter ++;
//pass the html into the shirt data creator, so if it wound up scraping individual shirts from any of the links it adds it to the data object
var $ = cheerio.load(html);
//if the add to cart input exists, log the data to the shirtprops arary.
if ($('input[value="Add to Cart"]').length) {
var ShirtURL = $(this).find('a').attr('href');
var time = new Date();
//json array for json2csv
var ShirtData = {
Title: $('title').html(),
Price: $('.price').html(),
ImageURL: $('img').attr('src'),
URL: homeURL + ShirtURL,
Time: time.toString()
};
ShirtProps.push(ShirtData);
console.log(ShirtData);
} else {
//else we are on a products page, scrape those links for shirt data
$('ul.products li').each(function() {
var ShirtURL = $(this).find('a').attr('href');
rp('http://www.shirts4mike.com/' + ShirtURL).then(function (html){
var $ = cheerio.load(html);
var time = new Date();
var ShirtData = {
Title: $('title').html(),
Price: $('.price').html(),
ImageURL: $('img').attr('src'),
Url: homeURL + ShirtURL,
Time: time.toString()
};
ShirtProps.push(ShirtData);
console.log(ShirtData);
}).catch(function(error) {
console.error(error.message);
console.error('Scrape failed from: ' + homeURL + 'blah2' + ' The site may be down, or your connection may need troubleshooting.');
}); //end catch error
}); //end products li each
} //end else
}).catch(function(error) { //end rp
console.error(error.message); //end if
//tell the user in lamens terms why the scrape may have failed.
console.error('Scrape failed from: ' + homeURL + 'blah' + ' The site may be down, or your connection may need troubleshooting.');
}); //end catch error
}); //end href each
//one thing all shirts links have in common, they are contained in a div with class shirts, find the link to the shirts page based on this class.
// //console.log testing purposes
// console.log("This is the shirts link: " + findShirtLinks);
// //call iterateLinks function, pass in the findShirtLinks variable to scrape that page
// iterateLinks(findShirtLinks);
}).catch(function(error) {
console.error(error.message); //end if
//tell the user in lamens terms why the scrape may have failed.
console.error('Scrape failed from: ' + homeURL + ' The site may be down, or your connection may need troubleshooting.');
});//end catch error
//end scraper
}
//create function to write the CSV file.
function FileWrite() {
//fields variable holds the column headers
var fields = ['Title', 'Price', 'ImageURL', 'URL', 'Time'];
//CSV variable for injecting the fields and object into the converter.
var csv = json2csv({data: ShirtProps, fields: fields});
console.log(csv);
//creating a simple date snagger for writing the file with date in the file name.
var d = new Date();
var month = d.getMonth()+1;
var day = d.getDate();
var output = d.getFullYear() + '-' +
((''+month).length<2 ? '0' : '') + month + '-' +
((''+day).length<2 ? '0' : '') + day;
fs.writeFile('./data/' + output + '.csv', csv, function (error) {
if (error) throw error;
console.error('There was an error writing the CSV file.');
});
} //end FileWrite
//Check if data folder exists, source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4482686/check-synchronously-if-file-directory-exists-in-node-js
function DataFolderExists(folder) {
try {
// Query the entry
var DataFolder = fs.lstatSync(folder);
// Is it a directory?
if (DataFolder.isDirectory()) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
} //end try
catch (error) {
console.error(error.message);
console.error('There was an error checking if the folder exists.');
}
} //end DataFolderExists
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