/**
* Parser for similar apps
* Note: Similar apps require HTML parsing from the App Store web page
*/
/**
* Extracts similar apps from App Store HTML page
* This is a simplified version - full implementation would require more robust HTML parsing
* @param {string} html - HTML content from App Store page
* @returns {Array<Object>}
*/
export function parseSimilarFromHTML(html) {
const similarApps = [];
// App Store embeds similar apps in JSON-LD or in script tags
// This is a simplified parser - in production you'd want more robust parsing
try {
// Try to find JSON-LD structured data
const jsonLdMatches = html.matchAll(/<script[^>]*type=["']application\/ld\+json["'][^>]*>(.*?)<\/script>/gis);
for (const match of jsonLdMatches) {
try {
const jsonLd = JSON.parse(match[1]);
if (jsonLd['@graph']) {
const apps = jsonLd['@graph'].filter(item => item['@type'] === 'SoftwareApplication');
apps.forEach(app => {
if (app.url) {
similarApps.push({
id: extractIdFromUrl(app.url) || null,
appId: null,
title: app.name || null,
url: app.url || null,
});
}
});
}
} catch (e) {
// Skip invalid JSON
}
}
// Try to extract app IDs from App Store links
const appLinkMatches = html.matchAll(/apps\.apple\.com\/[^\/]+\/app\/id(\d+)/gi);
const seenIds = new Set();
for (const match of appLinkMatches) {
const appId = match[1];
if (!seenIds.has(appId)) {
seenIds.add(appId);
similarApps.push({
id: parseInt(appId, 10),
appId: null,
title: null,
url: `https://apps.apple.com/app/id${appId}`,
});
}
}
} catch (error) {
// If parsing fails, return empty array
// Error is silently handled
}
return similarApps;
}
/**
* Extracts app ID from App Store URL
* @param {string} url - App Store URL
* @returns {string|null}
*/
function extractIdFromUrl(url) {
if (!url) return null;
const match = url.match(/\/id(\d+)/);
return match ? match[1] : null;
}
/**
* For now, similar apps will need to use the search API with related terms
* This is a fallback approach
*/
export async function getSimilarAppsViaSearch(appData) {
// This would use search with related keywords
// For now, return empty array
return [];
}
