The goal is to obtain all product links from all pages in the pagination. So far I have managed to print information to the console with console.log (links). However, since I am completely new to this field and completely inexperienced, I have a problem how to pass some value back with the return command. return links.
With console.log(links) I get a warning: getLinks is not iterable
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer')
async function getLinks(){
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: false, defaultViewport: null});
const page = await browser.newPage();
const url = "https://example.com/product-category?p=1&nidx"
await page.goto(url)
while(await page.$('.change-country-buttons > button:nth-child(1)')){
await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
await page.keyboard.press('ArrowDown');
await page.waitForSelector('.change-country-buttons');
await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
await page.click('.change-country-buttons > button:nth-child(1)');
await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
}
while(await page.$(".pagination .pagination--next")){
await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
await page.evaluate(() => {
document.querySelector(".pagination .pagination--next").scrollIntoView();
});
await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
await page.waitForSelector(".pagination .pagination--next")
await page.waitForTimeout(500);
await page.click('.pagination .pagination--next')
const links = await page.$$eval('.item__info > .mtc-link:nth-child(2)', (allAs) => { return allAs.map((a) => a.href) });
await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
console.log(links)
}
}
return links // Is returning links only form the first page and then the loop stops
I tried something with Promise.all () but it wasn't entirely clear to me how to do it.
Please help and be gentle as I am just starting to learn the basics
You need to create an array and push all the helmet links from each page onto it.
This tested successfully for me.
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer')
async function getLinks(){
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: false, defaultViewport: null});
const page = await browser.newPage();
const url = "https://www.motocard.com/en/motorcycle-road-gear/helmets/precio_150-3200/full-face?p=1&nidx"
var all_links = [];
await page.goto(url);
while(await page.$('.change-country-buttons > button:nth-child(1)')){
await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
await page.keyboard.press('ArrowDown');
await page.waitForSelector('.change-country-buttons');
await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
await page.click('.change-country-buttons > button:nth-child(1)');
await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
}
while(await page.$(".pagination .pagination--next")){
await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
await page.evaluate(() => {
document.querySelector(".pagination .pagination--next").scrollIntoView();
});
await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
await page.waitForSelector(".pagination .pagination--next")
await page.waitForTimeout(500);
await page.click('.pagination .pagination--next')
const links = await page.$$eval('.item__info > .mtc-link:nth-child(2)', (allAs) => { return allAs.map((a) => a.href) });
await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
//console.log(links)
all_links.push(...links);
}
return all_links;
}
(async ()=>{
var links = await getLinks();
console.log('done');
console.log(links);
})();