A collection of TypeScript functions for journalistic projects. This library focuses on functions that easily download data or files from the web. It's part of the journalism library.
The library is available on JSR with its documentation.
The documentation is also available as the markdown file llm.md, which can be passed as context to improve the use of the library by AI coding assistants or agents.
The library is maintained by Nael Shiab, computational journalist and senior data producer for CBC News.
Tip
To learn how to use this library and more, check out Code Like a Journalist, a free and open-source data analysis and data visualization course in TypeScript. You might also find the simple-data-analysis library interesting.
To install the library, you can use the following commands:
# DENO
deno install jsr:@nshiab/journalism-web-scraping
# NODE.JS
npx jsr add @nshiab/journalism-web-scraping
# BUN
bunx jsr add @nshiab/journalism-web-scrapingIf you wish to contribute, please check the guidelines.