TypeError: cheerio.fromURL is not a function

[user4302]

i use the following code

import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
const data = await cheerio.fromURL(https://www.youtube.com/);

and i get the following error
TypeError: cheerio.fromURL is not a function

[loganknecht]

I am experiencing this issue as well, except it occurs when I call replaceWith

[loganknecht]

Please disregard. The solution to this was.

const cheerio = require("cheerio");
// ...
const cheerio_file_dom = cheerio.load(current_file_contents);
// ...
const script_elements = cheerio_file_dom("script[src$=.js]");
script_elements.each((index, current_script_elements) => {
    const original_src_value = current_script_elements.attribs["src"];
    const new_value = `{{ require_js(get_asset_url(".${original_src_value}")) }}`;

    cheerio_file_dom(current_script_elements).replaceWith(new_value);
});

I think @user4302 may be incorrectly referencing the wrong object for the .fromURL command as well.

[user4302]

Please disregard. The solution to this was.

const cheerio = require("cheerio");
// ...
const cheerio_file_dom = cheerio.load(current_file_contents);
// ...
const script_elements = cheerio_file_dom("script[src$=.js]");
script_elements.each((index, current_script_elements) => {
    const original_src_value = current_script_elements.attribs["src"];
    const new_value = `{{ require_js(get_asset_url(".${original_src_value}")) }}`;

    cheerio_file_dom(current_script_elements).replaceWith(new_value);
});

I think @user4302 may be incorrectly referencing the wrong object for the .fromURL command as well.

i was following this guide in the docs
https://cheerio.js.org/docs/api#fromurl
i just saw that i used data instead of $ when assigning the variable
if i used $ would it have worked?

[allison-truhlar]

@user4302 I encountered this same issue with .fromURL. I think it is because this function is not yet available in the published npm package for Cheerio. The top of the website mentions "Cheerio's website is still a work-in-progress, and covers Cheerio's next release that isn't available yet." If you look in the Github Cheerio repository, you can find the function .from URL in cheerio/src/batteries. However, in the npm package, this path does not exist.

Using this code achieved the same goal as using fromURL for me:

const response = await axios.get(url);
const html = response.data;

// Use Cheerio to parse the HTML
const $ = cheerio.load(html);

[sonyarianto]

Hmm I got into this trap as well hehe. The .fromURL() it's not there anymore :)

[TheNoobiCat]

I agree with @allison-truhlar, performing the get request yourself using something like Axios seems to be the way to go.