Fixed error which broke CSET predictions

src/platforms/csetforetell-fetch-old.js

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+/* Imports */
+import axios from "axios"
+import {getCookie, applyIfCookieExists} from "../utils/getCookies.js"
+import {Tabletojson} from "tabletojson"
+import toMarkdown from "../utils/toMarkdown.js"
+import {calculateStars} from "../utils/stars.js"
+import {upsert} from "../utils/mongo-wrapper.js"
+
+/* Definitions */
+let htmlEndPoint = 'https://www.cset-foretell.com/questions?page='
+String.prototype.replaceAll = function replaceAll(search, replace) { return this.split(search).join(replace); }
+
+/* Support functions */
+
+async function fetchPage(page, cookie){
+  if(page==1){
+    cookie=cookie.split(";")[0] // Interesting that it otherwise doesn't work :(
+  }
+  let response  = await axios({
+    url: htmlEndPoint+page,
+    method: 'GET',
+    headers: ({ 
+    'Content-Type': 'text/html',
+    'Cookie': cookie
+    }),
+  })
+  .then(res => res.data)
+  // console.log(response)
+  return response
+}
+
+async function fetchStats(questionUrl, cookie){
+  let response  = await axios({
+    url: questionUrl+"/stats",
+    method: 'GET',
+    headers: ({ 
+    'Content-Type': 'text/html',
+    'Cookie': cookie,
+    'Referer': questionUrl,
+    }),
+  })
+  .then(res => res.data)
+  //console.log(response)
+  
+  // Is binary?
+  let isbinary = response.includes("binary?":true")
+  // console.log(`is binary? ${isbinary}`)
+  let options = []
+  if(isbinary){
+    // Crowd percentage
+    let htmlElements = response.split("\n")
+    // console.log(htmlElements)
+    let h3Element = htmlElements.filter(str => str.includes("<h3>"))[0]
+    let crowdpercentage = h3Element.split(">")[1].split("<")[0]
+    let probability = Number(crowdpercentage.replace("%", ""))/100
+    options.push(({
+      name: "Yes",
+      probability: probability,
+      type: "PROBABILITY"
+    }), ({
+      name: "No",
+      probability: +(1-probability).toFixed(2), // avoids floating point shenanigans
+      type: "PROBABILITY"
+    }))
+  }else{
+    let optionsBody = response.split("tbody")[3] // Previously [1], but they added a new table.
+    // console.log(optionsBody)
+    let optionsHtmlElement = "<table" + optionsBody + "table>"
+    let tablesAsJson = Tabletojson.convert(optionsHtmlElement)
+    let firstTable = tablesAsJson[0]
+    options = firstTable.map(element => ({
+      name: element['0'],
+      probability: Number(element['1'].replace("%",""))/100,
+      type: "PROBABILITY"
+    }))
+  }
+  // Description  
+  let descriptionraw = response.split(`<meta name="description" content="`)[1]
+  let descriptionprocessed1 = descriptionraw.split(`">`)[0]
+  let descriptionprocessed2 = descriptionprocessed1.replace(">", "")
+  let descriptionprocessed3 = descriptionprocessed2.replace("To suggest a change or clarification to this question, please select Request Clarification from the green gear-shaped dropdown button to the right of the question.", ``)
+  // console.log(descriptionprocessed3)
+  let descriptionprocessed4=descriptionprocessed3.replaceAll("\r\n\r\n", "\n")
+  let descriptionprocessed5=  descriptionprocessed4.replaceAll("\n\n", "\n")  
+  let descriptionprocessed6=descriptionprocessed5.replaceAll("&quot;", `"`)
+  let descriptionprocessed7=descriptionprocessed6.replaceAll("&#39;", "'")
+  let descriptionprocessed8=toMarkdown(descriptionprocessed7)
+  let description = descriptionprocessed8
+
+  // Number of forecasts
+  let numforecasts = response.split("prediction_sets_count&quot;:")[1].split(",")[0]
+  // console.log(numforecasts)
+
+  // Number of predictors
+  let numforecasters = response.split("predictors_count&quot;:")[1].split(",")[0]
+  // console.log(numpredictors)
+  
+  let result = {
+    "description": description, 
+    "options": options,
+    "timestamp": new Date().toISOString(),
+    "qualityindicators": {
+      "numforecasts": numforecasts,
+      "numforecasters": numforecasters,
+      "stars": calculateStars("CSET-foretell", {numforecasts})
+    }
+  }
+  
+  return result
+}
+
+function isEnd(html){
+  return html.includes("No questions match your filter")
+}
+
+function sleep(ms) {
+  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}
+
+/* Body */
+
+async function csetforetell_inner(cookie){
+  let i=0
+  let response = await fetchPage(i, cookie)
+  let results = []
+  let init = Date.now()
+  // console.log("Downloading... This might take a couple of minutes. Results will be shown.")
+  while(!isEnd(response)){
+    
+    let htmlLines = response.split("\n")
+    let h4elements = htmlLines.filter(str => str.includes("<h5><a href=") || str.includes("<h4><a href=")) 
+
+    if(process.env.DEBUG_MODE == "on"){
+      console.log(response)
+    }
+
+    //console.log("")
+    //console.log("")
+    //console.log(h4elements)
+    
+    for(let h4element of h4elements){
+      let h4elementSplit = h4element.split('"><span>')
+      let url = h4elementSplit[0].split('<a href="')[1]
+      //console.log(url)
+      let title = h4elementSplit[1].replace('</span></a></h4>', "").replace('</span></a></h5>', "")
+      await sleep(1000 + Math.random()*1000) // don't be as noticeable
+      try{
+        let moreinfo = await fetchStats(url, cookie)
+        if(moreinfo.isbinary){
+          if(!moreinfo.crowdpercentage){ // then request again.
+            moreinfo = await fetchStats(url, cookie)
+          }
+        }
+        let question = ({
+            "title": title,
+            "url": url,
+            "platform": "CSET-foretell",
+            ...moreinfo
+          })
+          if(i % 30 == 0){
+            console.log(`Page #${i}`)
+            console.log(question)
+          }
+          results.push(question)
+          if(process.env.DEBUG_MODE == "on"){
+            console.log(question)
+          }
+
+      } catch(error){
+        console.log(error)
+        console.log(`We encountered some error when fetching the URL: ${url}, so it won't appear on the final json`)
+      }
+      i=i+1
+    }
+    
+    // console.log("Sleeping for ~5secs so as to not be as noticeable to the cset-foretell servers")
+    await sleep(5000 + Math.random()*1000) // don't be as noticeable
+    
+    try{
+      response = await fetchPage(i, cookie)
+    }catch(error){
+      console.log(error)
+      console.log(`The program encountered some error when fetching page #${i}, so it won't appear on the final json. It is possible that this page wasn't actually a prediction question pages`)
+    }
+  }
+  // let string = JSON.stringify(results,null,  2)
+  // fs.writeFileSync('./data/csetforetell-questions.json', string);
+  // console.log(results)
+  await upsert(results, "csetforetell-questions")
+  
+  
+  let end = Date.now()
+  let difference = end-init
+  console.log(`Took ${difference/1000} seconds, or ${difference/(1000*60)} minutes.`)
+}
+
+
+export async function csetforetell(){
+  let cookie = process.env.CSETFORETELL_COOKIE || getCookie("csetforetell") 
+  await applyIfCookieExists(cookie, csetforetell_inner)
+}

src/platforms/csetforetell-fetch.js

@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ async function fetchStats(questionUrl, cookie){
       type: "PROBABILITY"
     }))
   }else{
-    let optionsBody = response.split("tbody")[3] // Previously [1], but they added a new table.
+    try{
+      let optionsBody = response.split("tbody")[1] // Previously [1], then previously [3] but they added a new table. 
       // console.log(optionsBody)
       let optionsHtmlElement = "<table" + optionsBody + "table>"
       let tablesAsJson = Tabletojson.convert(optionsHtmlElement)
@@ -73,6 +74,18 @@ async function fetchStats(questionUrl, cookie){
         probability: Number(element['1'].replace("%",""))/100,
         type: "PROBABILITY"
       }))
+    }catch(error){
+      let optionsBody = response.split("tbody")[3] // Catch if the error is related to table position
+      let optionsHtmlElement = "<table" + optionsBody + "table>"
+      let tablesAsJson = Tabletojson.convert(optionsHtmlElement)
+      let firstTable = tablesAsJson[0]
+      options = firstTable.map(element => ({
+        name: element['0'],
+        probability: Number(element['1'].replace("%",""))/100,
+        type: "PROBABILITY"
+      }))
+    }
+    
   }
   // Description  
   let descriptionraw = response.split(`<meta name="description" content="`)[1]
@@ -139,18 +152,14 @@ async function csetforetell_inner(cookie){
     //console.log(h4elements)
     
     for(let h4element of h4elements){
+
       let h4elementSplit = h4element.split('"><span>')
       let url = h4elementSplit[0].split('<a href="')[1]
-      //console.log(url)
       let title = h4elementSplit[1].replace('</span></a></h4>', "").replace('</span></a></h5>', "")
       await sleep(1000 + Math.random()*1000) // don't be as noticeable
+
       try{
         let moreinfo = await fetchStats(url, cookie)
-        if(moreinfo.isbinary){
-          if(!moreinfo.crowdpercentage){ // then request again.
-            moreinfo = await fetchStats(url, cookie)
-          }
-        }
         let question = ({
             "title": title,
             "url": url,
@@ -170,6 +179,7 @@ async function csetforetell_inner(cookie){
         console.log(error)
         console.log(`We encountered some error when fetching the URL: ${url}, so it won't appear on the final json`)
       }
+
       i=i+1
     }