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Gets a list with all the films a user has added to their public diary in Letterboxd. The result is a JSON file with the following structure:

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  "updated_at": "2023-08-13",
  "count": 470,
  "films": [
    {
      "watched_on": "2022-10-24",
      "title": "Aftersun (2022)",
      "rating": 4.5,
      "rewatched": false
    },
    {
      "watched_on": "2021-03-20",
      "title": "Le Trou (1960)",
      "rating": 5,
      "rewatched": true
    },
    ...
    {
      "watched_on": "2020-09-13",
      "title": "Tampopo (1985)",
      "rating": 5,
      "rewatched": false
    }
  ]
}

If you want to use it in the browser, just visit this URL:

https://javier-letterboxdscrapper.web.val.run/?username={username}

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import { fetchText } from "https://esm.town/v/stevekrouse/fetchText?v=5";
export const letterboxd = async (username: string) => {
const { default: cheerio } = await import("npm:cheerio");
const URL = `https://letterboxd.com/${username}/films/diary/`;
const getTotalPages = async () => {
const html = await fetchText(URL);
const $ = cheerio.load(html);
return +$(".paginate-page a").last().text();
};
const getFilmsForPage = async (page) => {
const html = await fetchText(URL + "page/" + page);
const $ = cheerio.load(html);
return $(".diary-entry-edit a").map((i, metadata) => {
const filmTitle = $(metadata).data("film-name");
const watchedOn = $(metadata).data("viewing-date");
const rewatched = $(metadata).data("rewatch");
const year = $(metadata).data("film-year");
const title = `${filmTitle} (${year})`;
const rating = parseInt($(metadata).data("rating"), 10) / 2;
return { title, watched_on: watchedOn, rating, rewatched };
});
};
async function getFilms() {
const totalPages = await getTotalPages();
const films = [];
for (let i = 1; i <= totalPages; i++) {
const movies = await getFilmsForPage(i);
for (let j = 0; j < movies.length; j++) {
films.push(movies[j]);
}
}
return {
updated_at: new Date().toISOString().split("T")[0],
count: films.length,
films,
};
}
return getFilms();
};
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April 30, 2024