/**
* Parser for Google Play search results
*/
import { parseApp } from './app.js';
/**
* Extracts search results from Google Play HTML
* @param {string} html - HTML content from search page
* @returns {Array<Object>}
*/
export function parseSearch(html) {
if (!html || typeof html !== 'string') {
return [];
}
const apps = [];
try {
// Google Play search results are in script tags with JSON data
// Look for _df_ prefixed data
const scriptMatches = html.matchAll(/<script[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/gi);
for (const match of scriptMatches) {
const scriptContent = match[1];
// Try to find app data in various formats
// Google Play uses different structures, we'll try multiple patterns
// Pattern 1: Look for app IDs in links
const appLinkMatches = scriptContent.matchAll(/\/store\/apps\/details\?id=([^&"']+)/gi);
for (const linkMatch of appLinkMatches) {
const appId = linkMatch[1];
if (appId && !apps.find(a => a.appId === appId)) {
apps.push({
appId: appId,
url: `https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=${appId}`,
});
}
}
}
// Also try extracting from visible HTML
const visibleAppMatches = html.matchAll(/<a[^>]*href=["']\/store\/apps\/details\?id=([^&"']+)["'][^>]*>/gi);
for (const visibleMatch of visibleAppMatches) {
const appId = visibleMatch[1];
if (appId && !apps.find(a => a.appId === appId)) {
// Try to extract title from surrounding HTML
const titleMatch = html.substring(html.indexOf(visibleMatch[0])).match(/<span[^>]*title=["']([^"']+)["']/i);
const title = titleMatch ? titleMatch[1] : null;
apps.push({
appId: appId,
title: title,
url: `https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=${appId}`,
});
}
}
// Remove duplicates
const uniqueApps = [];
const seenIds = new Set();
for (const app of apps) {
if (app.appId && !seenIds.has(app.appId)) {
seenIds.add(app.appId);
uniqueApps.push(app);
}
}
return uniqueApps;
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error parsing Google Play search:', error);
return [];
}
}
/**
* Parses search results and returns structured data
* @param {string} html - HTML content
* @returns {Object}
*/
export function parseSearchResults(html) {
const apps = parseSearch(html);
return {
results: apps,
count: apps.length,
};
}
