make sure to remove empty fields when scraping website data
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		|  | @ -28,22 +28,28 @@ export default class reader { | |||
| 					if (field_current) { | ||||
| 						// Check if array.
 | ||||
| 						if (Array.isArray(field_current)) { | ||||
| 							// Temporarily create an empty list. 
 | ||||
| 							field_data[field_names[field_index]] = []; | ||||
| 							 | ||||
| 							 | ||||
| 							if (typeof field_current[0] === "object" && field_current[0] != null && field_current[0]) { | ||||
| 								field_data[field_names[field_index]].push(read(field_current[0])); | ||||
| 							} else { | ||||
| 								let matching_elements = (document.querySelectorAll(field_current[0])); | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 								for (let field_current_index = 0; field_current_index < matching_elements.length; field_current_index++) { | ||||
| 									field_data[field_names[field_index]].push(matching_elements[field_current_index].innerText); | ||||
| 								}; | ||||
| 							}; | ||||
| 							 | ||||
| 							// Must cease to exist if it was just empty anyway. 
 | ||||
| 							if ((field_data[field_names[field_index]]).length <= 0) { | ||||
| 								delete field_data[field_names[field_index]]; | ||||
| 							} | ||||
| 						} else if (typeof field_current === "object" && field_current != null && field_current) { | ||||
| 							field_data[field_names[field_index]] = read(field_current); | ||||
| 						} else { | ||||
| 							field_data[field_names[field_index]] = (document.querySelector(field_current)) ? document.querySelector(field_current).innerText : null; | ||||
| 							if (document.querySelector(field_current)) { | ||||
| 								field_data[field_names[field_index]] = document.querySelector(field_current).innerText; | ||||
| 							} | ||||
| 						}; | ||||
| 					}; | ||||
| 				}; | ||||
|  |  | |||
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