Adjusted votecount to new layout

FreeTubeApp · May 22, 2021 · dc34235 · dc34235
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "yt-comment-scraper",
-  "version": "4.0.1",
+  "version": "4.0.2",
   "description": "Scrapes the comments of any YouTube video without YouTube API access. Uses the default YouTube Ajax calls to get the comment data.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {

diff --git a/src/htmlParser.js b/src/htmlParser.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class HtmlParser {
       const authorId = comment.authorEndpoint.browseEndpoint.browseId
       const authorName = comment.authorText.simpleText
       const authorThumbnails = comment.authorThumbnail.thumbnails
-      const likes = comment.likeCount
+      const likes = this.parseShortedNumberString(comment.voteCount.simpleText.split(' ')[0])
       const numReplies = comment.replyCount ? comment.replyCount : 0
       const publishedTimeText = comment.publishedTimeText.runs[0].text
       const publishedText = publishedTimeText.replace('(edited)', '').trim()
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ class HtmlParser {
 
     return comments
   }
+  static parseShortedNumberString(string) {
+    const numberMultiplier = string.charAt(string.length-1).toLowerCase()
+    switch (numberMultiplier){
+      case 'k':
+        return Number(string.substring(0, string.length-1) * 1000)
+      case 'm':
+        return Number(string.substring(0, string.length-1) * 1000000)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = HtmlParser