Sort scraped Data into table on server page - node.js

Question

Hi Im working on a scraper script so far Ive been able scrape from 2 elements . At this testing state I do not have a database setup thus far. So I thought Id just Sort this straight to my server page. This is my working code
var http = require('http');
var request = require('request');
var cheerio = require('cheerio');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
request('http://www.xscores.com/soccer', function (error, response,
html) {
if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
var $ = cheerio.load(html);
var HomeTeam = "";
var AwayTeam = "";
$('div.score_home_txt.score_cell.wrap').each(function (i, element) {
var a = $(this).text();
var a = a.toLowerCase();
HomeTeam += "<tr><td>" + a + "</td>";
//console.log(a);
});
$('div.score_away_txt.score_cell.wrap').each(function (i, element) {
var b = $(this).text();
var b = b.toLowerCase();
AwayTeam += "<td>" + b + "</td><tr>";
//console.log(b);
});
var html = "<table><th>" + "HomeTeam</th><th>AwayTeam</th>" + HomeTeam + AwayTeam + "</table>"
res.writeHead(200, {
'Content-Type': 'text/html'
});
res.end(html);
}
});
}).listen(8080);
console.log('Server is running at http://178.62.253.206:8080/');
The plan was to sort this in a table with 2 Columns Home in Col A and Away in ColB, But im a little unsure how to write this so it gets sorted correctly.
The code above sort this into a single row. Ive tried a few different approaches but haven figured out the correct way yet :/
Any help would be much appreciated
Frederik

Answer 1

You need to find a common parent, looking at the website you are scraping .score_line looks like a reasonable option
// assume we're always going to return html
res.set('Content-Type', 'text/html');
// hit API
request('http://www.xscores.com/soccer', (err, response, html) => {
if (err || response.statusCode !== 200) {
// log error internally
console.error(err ? err.message : `API status code: ${response.statusCode}`);
// return client response
return res.status(500).send('<b>Internal Server Error</b>');
}
const $ = cheerio.load(html);
const rows = [];
// find each row
$('.score_line').each((i, el) => {
// extract each column
const homeScore = el.find('.score_home.score_cell.wrap').text().toLowerCase();
const awayScore = el.find('.score_away.score_cell.wrap').text().toLowerCase();
// build row
rows.push(`<tr><td>${homeScore}</td><td>${awayScore}</td></tr>`);
});
// build & send table
res.send(`<table>${rows.join('')}</table>`);
});