v0.2.0

.gitignore

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ imdb/.imdbcache/
 
 # Sample output files
 output.html
+output.json
 
 # Api key files
 apikey.txt

README.md

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ root of each package.
 ```go
 import "github.com/Jisin0/filmigo/imdb"
 
-client := imdb.NewClient()
-
 func main() {
+   client := imdb.NewClient()
+
    movie, _ := client.GetMovie("t1375666")
    movie.PrettyPrint()
 }
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ func main() {
 ```go
 import "github.com/Jisin0/filmigo/omdb"
 
-client := omdb.NewClient("your_api_key")
-
 func main() {
+   client := omdb.NewClient("your_api_key")
+
    movie, _ := client.GetMovie("t1375666")
    movie.PrettyPrint()
 }
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ of the movie which is more common within justwatch.
 ```go
 import "github.com/Jisin0/filmigo/justwatch"
 
-client := justwatch.NewClient()
-
 func main() {
+   client := justwatch.NewClient()
+
    movie, _ := client.GetTitle("tm92641")
    movie.PrettyPrint()
 }
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func main() {
 
 ## Disclaimer
 - This product is only for educational purposes and is not meant for commercial usage .
-- This product uses the apis of imdb, omdb and juswatch but is by no means endorsed or certified by any of them.
+- This product uses the apis of imdb, omdb and juswatch but is by no means endorsed nor certified by any of them.
 - This product uses apis not intended for public use.
 - This product **does not** use justwatch's official [partners api](https://www.justwatch.com/us/JustWatch-Streaming-API).
 - This product comes with **no warranty**.

encode/helpers.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Returns a list of Link by searching for all a tags.
-func getLinks(node *html.Node) types.Links {
+func GetXpathLinks(node *html.Node) types.Links {
 	ls, e := htmlquery.QueryAll(node, ".//a")
 	if e != nil || len(ls) < 1 {
 		return []types.Link{}

encode/xpath.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package encode
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -21,21 +22,18 @@ var linkStructType = reflect.TypeOf(types.Link{})
 // - val interface : input data type.
 //
 // See https://github.com/Jisin/filmigo/xpath for examples and full reference.
-func Xpath(doc *html.Node, val any) any {
-	st := reflect.TypeOf(val)
-
-	// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63421976
-	// v is the interface{}
-	v := reflect.ValueOf(&val).Elem()
-	// Allocate a temporary variable with type of the struct.
-	//
-	//	v.Elem() is the vale contained in the interface.
-	tmp := reflect.New(v.Elem().Type()).Elem()
-	// Copy the struct value contained in interface to
-	// the temporary variable.
-	tmp.Set(v.Elem())
-
-	for i := 0; i < tmp.NumField(); i++ {
+func Xpath(doc *html.Node, target any) error {
+	rv := reflect.ValueOf(target)
+	if rv.Kind() != reflect.Pointer || rv.IsNil() {
+		return errors.New("input type is not a pointer")
+	}
+
+	st := reflect.TypeOf(target).Elem()
+
+	// Access the struct value within the interface
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(target).Elem()
+
+	for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
 		field := st.Field(i)
 
 		args := strings.Split(field.Tag.Get("xpath"), "|")
@@ -61,18 +59,17 @@ func Xpath(doc *html.Node, val any) any {
 		path := args[0]
 
 		node, err := htmlquery.Query(doc, path)
-		if node == nil || err != nil {
+		if err != nil || node == nil {
 			continue
 		}
 
 		fieldType := field.Type
 
-		// Extra options are passed with a separator | in the xpath struct tag, for ex. src to get the src attr of a node
 		switch method {
 		case "attr":
 			for _, a := range node.Attr {
 				if a.Key == attr {
-					tmp.FieldByName(field.Name).SetString(a.Val)
+					v.FieldByName(field.Name).SetString(a.Val)
 					break
 				}
 			}
@@ -81,20 +78,18 @@ func Xpath(doc *html.Node, val any) any {
 			// If the field is of type []Link all inner a tags are extracted
 			// If field type is []string innertex of each li tag is extracted
 			if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Slice && fieldType.Elem() == linkStructType {
-				links := getLinks(node)
+				links := GetXpathLinks(node)
 				lVal := reflect.Append(reflect.ValueOf(links))
-				tmp.FieldByName(field.Name).Set(lVal)
+				v.FieldByName(field.Name).Set(lVal)
 			} else if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Slice && fieldType.Elem().Kind() == reflect.String {
 				list := getTextList(node)
 				lVal := reflect.Append(reflect.ValueOf(list))
-				tmp.FieldByName(field.Name).Set(lVal)
+				v.FieldByName(field.Name).Set(lVal)
 			} else {
-				tmp.FieldByName(field.Name).SetString(htmlquery.InnerText(node))
+				v.FieldByName(field.Name).SetString(htmlquery.InnerText(node))
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	v.Set(tmp)
-
-	return val
+	return nil
 }

encode/xpath_test.go

@@ -16,18 +16,16 @@ func TestXpath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	if doc != nil {
-		type sampleData struct {
+		type sampleType struct {
 			InnerText  string      `xpath:"//p[contains(@class, 'substring')]"`
 			Attribute  string      `xpath:"//p[last()]|attr_my-attr"`
 			LinkList   types.Links `xpath:"//span[@class='sample']"`
 			StringList []string    `xpath:"//ul"`
 		}
 
-		res, ok := encode.Xpath(doc, sampleData{}).(sampleData)
-		if !ok {
-			t.Errorf("unknown type returned")
-			t.FailNow()
-		}
+		var res sampleType
+
+		encode.Xpath(doc, &res)
 
 		if res.Attribute == "" || res.InnerText == "" || len(res.LinkList) < 3 || len(res.StringList) < 3 {
 			t.Errorf("xpath failed with output : %+v", res)