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docs/README.md

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 # The Inflector
-Our Ignition Hacks 2022 hack! Website: http://www.inflector.tech/
+Our Ignition Hacks 2022 hack! Website: https://www.inflector.tech/

docs/getInflationRate.js

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+// Loading the dependencies. We don't need pretty
+// because we shall not log html to the terminal
+const axios = require("axios");
+const cheerio = require("cheerio");
+const fs = require("fs");
+let value = "this";
+
+// URL of the page we want to scrape
+const url = "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/prices_and_price_indexes/consumer_price_indexes";
+
+// Async function which scrapes the data
+async function scrapeData() {
+  try {
+
+    // Fetch HTML of the page we want to scrape
+    const { data } = await axios.get(url);
+    // Load HTML we fetched in the previous line
+    const $ = cheerio.load(data);
+    // Select all the list items in plainlist class
+    const listItems = $(".indicator-growth-num-sm");
+
+    const output = listItems.children("strong").text();
+    value = output.substring(0, 3);
+
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+  }  
+}
+
+function printVal() {
+    console.log(value);
+}
+// Invoke the above function
+scrapeData();