Hidabroot API (unofficial)

An (unofficial) API for Hidabroot

Important notice

This API is unofficial, meaning I am not responisble for any damage caused by using this API. This API may be blocked at any time by Hidabroot's team. This API is never stable as Hidabroot can change at any time their website structure that will break this API.

Install

npm install hidabroot

Or with yarn:

yarn add hidabroot

Usage

import { todayNews } from "hidabroot";

todayNews().then((news) => {
  console.log(news);
});
//=> JSON object containing news titles along with their IDs

(also compitable with commonjs)

API

todayNews()

Example

const { todayNews } = require("hidabroot");
todayNews().then((result) => {
  console.log(result);
});

Will return something like this:

{
  "big article block title is here": 123456, //the number is the article ID. can be used with getArticle()
  "first small article block title is here": 123456,
  "second small article block title is here": 123456,
  "third small article block title is here": 123456,
  "fourth small article block title is here": 123456
}

getArticle(id)

id

Type: number

The ID of the article. The ID can be found in the URL: https://www.hidabroot.org/article/X (X is the ID).

Example

const { getArticle } = require("hidabroot");
getArticle(1185334).then((result) => console.log(result));
//gets the content of the article: https://www.hidabroot.org/article/1185334 and then log the content to the console

search(query, options?)

query

Type: string

The query to search for in the website.

options

Type: searchOptions

The options for the search. Recommended to get better results.

Example

import { search } from "hidabroot";

const response = await search("האם היו עולמות קודמים?", {
  searchOptions: { searchType: "faq" }, // "faq" means "Ask The Rabbi" questions
});
console.log(response);

Which return to the console something like this:

{
  "url for result": "result title"
}

Currently (v0.8.0), the search is capable to return ~10-15 results. This may be changed in the future.

askTheRabbi(questionID)

questionID

Type: number

The "Ask The Rabbi" question ID. Can be found in https://www.hidabroot.org/question/X where X is the question ID.

Example

import { askTheRabbi, idExtracter } from "hidabroot";

const questionID = idExtracter("https://www.hidabroot.org/question/75137", {
  pageType: "askTheRabbi",
});
const response = await askTheRabbi(questionID);
console.log(response);

Which return to the console something like this:

{
  "title": "the question title",
  "question": "the question",
  "answer": "the rabbi answer"
}

(or null if the page wasn't found or if an error occurred)

idExtracter(input, options)

input

Type: string

The input URL of the Hidabroot page to extract the ID from.

options

Type: idExtracterOptions

The options for the extract process.

Example

import { idExtracter } from "hidabroot";

const questionID = idExtracter("https://www.hidabroot.org/question/75137", {
  pageType: "askTheRabbi",
});
console.log(questionID);
//=> 75137

Contributing

All contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue (just search the issue tracker before opening an issue to make sure your issue hasn't already been reported or answered) or a pull request.