scraping data from driver standings table and readme updated

Author: yashkathe

README.md

@@ -1,2 +1,14 @@
 # F1 API
 
+The following scraper scrapes this given [website](https://www.formula1.com/en.html)
+
+## Functions added
+
+- getDriverData  
+  Fetch the current list of F1 drivers along with their information 
+
+- getTeamsData  
+  Fetch the current list of F1 teams along with their information
+
+- getDriverStandings   
+  Fetch F1 driver standings from points table  

src/links/links.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
-interface Links {
+interface staticLinks {
     drivers: string
     teams: string
 }
 
-export const links: Links = {
+interface dynamicLinks {
+    driverStanding_1: string
+    driverStanding_2: string
+}
+
+export const staticLinks: staticLinks = {
     drivers: "https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers.html",
-    teams: "https://www.formula1.com/en/teams.html"
+    teams: "https://www.formula1.com/en/teams.html",
+}
+
+export const dynamicLinks: dynamicLinks = {
+    driverStanding_1: "https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html",
+    driverStanding_2: "drivers.html"
 }

src/scraper/driver-data.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import axios from 'axios'
 import cheerio from 'cheerio'
 
-import { links } from '../links/links'
+import { staticLinks } from "../links/links";
 
 interface drivers {
     name: string
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function getDriverData() {
 
     let driversArray: drivers[] = []
 
-    axios(links.drivers).then(response => {
+    axios(staticLinks.drivers).then(response => {
         const html = response.data
         const $ = cheerio.load(html)
 

src/scraper/driver-standings.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import axios from "axios"
+import cheerio from "cheerio"
+
+import { dynamicLinks } from "../links/links"
+
+interface driverStanding {
+    position: number
+    driver: string
+    nationality: string
+    car: string
+    points: number
+}
+
+export function getDriverStandings(year: number) {
+
+    let driverStandingArray: driverStanding[] = []
+
+    axios(`${dynamicLinks.driverStanding_1}/${year}/${dynamicLinks.driverStanding_2}`).then(
+        response => {
+            const html = response.data
+            const $ = cheerio.load(html)
+            // 
+            $('tr').each(
+                function () {
+                    const position: number = parseInt($(this).find(' td:nth-child(2) ').text())
+
+                    const firstName: string = $(this).find(' a.dark.bold.ArchiveLink > span:nth-child(1)').text()
+                    const lastName: string = $(this).find(' a.dark.bold.ArchiveLink > span:nth-child(2)').text()
+
+                    const driver = firstName.concat(" ", lastName)
+                    const nationality: string = $(this).find(' td.dark.semi-bold.uppercase').text()
+                    const car: string = $(this).find('td:nth-child(5) > a.grey.semi-bold.uppercase.ArchiveLink').text()
+                    const points: number = parseInt($(this).find(' td:nth-child(6) ').text())
+
+                    if (position !== NaN && points !== NaN && driver.length !== 0 && nationality.length !== 0 && car.length !== 0) {
+                        const driverStandingsObj: driverStanding = {
+                            position,
+                            driver,
+                            nationality,
+                            car,
+                            points
+                        }
+                        driverStandingArray.push(driverStandingsObj)
+                    }
+                })
+            console.log(driverStandingArray)
+        })
+}

src/scraper/team-data.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import axios from "axios";
 import cheerio from "cheerio"
 
-import { links } from "../links/links"
+import { staticLinks } from "../links/links";
 
 interface teams {
     name: string
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function getTeamsData() {
 
     let teamsArray: teams[] = []
 
-    axios(links.teams).then(response => {
+    axios(staticLinks.teams).then(response => {
         const html = response.data
         const $ = cheerio.load(html)
 

src/server.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { getDriverData } from "./scraper/driver-data";
 import { getTeamsData } from "./scraper/team-data";
+import { getDriverStandings } from "./scraper/driver-standings";
 
 // getDriverData();
 // getTeamsData()
+// getDriverStandings(2022)