/** * Vcelink Scraper — Chinese compatible transceiver vendor * * vcelink.com — Shopify-based store, USD pricing. * Covers SFP/SFP+/QSFP28/QSFP-DD, DAC/AOC cables. * Rate limited: 1 req/2sec. * * Vcelink offers Cisco/Juniper/Arista-compatible optics at competitive * USD prices, publicly accessible without login. */ import { pool, findOrCreateScrapedTransceiver, ensureVendor, upsertPriceObservation } from "../utils/db"; import { contentHash } from "../utils/hash"; const BASE = "https://www.vcelink.com"; const HEADERS = { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36", Accept: "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8", "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9", }; const MAX_PAGES = 20; const CATEGORIES = [ { path: "/collections/1g-sfp", formFactor: "SFP", speed: "1G", speedGbps: 1 }, { path: "/collections/10g-sfp", formFactor: "SFP+", speed: "10G", speedGbps: 10 }, { path: "/collections/25g-sfp28", formFactor: "SFP28", speed: "25G", speedGbps: 25 }, { path: "/collections/40g-qsfp", formFactor: "QSFP+", speed: "40G", speedGbps: 40 }, { path: "/collections/100g-qsfp28",formFactor: "QSFP28", speed: "100G", speedGbps: 100 }, { path: "/collections/400g-qsfp-dd",formFactor: "QSFP-DD",speed: "400G", speedGbps: 400 }, { path: "/collections/dac-cable", formFactor: "DAC", speed: "10G", speedGbps: 10 }, { path: "/collections/aoc-cable", formFactor: "AOC", speed: "10G", speedGbps: 10 }, { path: "/collections/all", formFactor: "SFP+", speed: "10G", speedGbps: 10 }, ]; interface Product { partNumber: string; name: string; url: string; price?: number; formFactor: string; speed: string; speedGbps: number; reachLabel?: string; reachMeters?: number; fiberType?: string; wavelength?: string; } function sleep(ms: number): Promise { return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms)); } function detectReach(text: string): { label: string; meters: number } | undefined { const patterns: [RegExp, string, number][] = [ [/\b120\s*km\b/i, "120km", 120000], [/\b80\s*km\b/i, "80km", 80000], [/\b40\s*km\b/i, "40km", 40000], [/\b20\s*km\b/i, "20km", 20000], [/\b10\s*km\b/i, "10km", 10000], [/\b2\s*km\b/i, "2km", 2000], [/\b550\s*m\b/i, "550m", 550], [/\b300\s*m\b/i, "300m", 300], [/\b100\s*m\b/i, "100m", 100], [/\bLR4\b/, "10km", 10000], [/\bLR\b/, "10km", 10000], [/\bER4?\b/, "40km", 40000], [/\bZR4?\b/, "80km", 80000], [/\bSR4?\b/, "300m", 300], [/\bDR4?\b/, "500m", 500], [/\bFR4?\b/, "2km", 2000], ]; for (const [re, label, meters] of patterns) { if (re.test(text)) return { label, meters }; } return undefined; } function detectFiber(text: string): string { if (/single.?mode|smf|[^a-z]lx[^a-z]|[^a-z]lr[^a-z]|[^a-z]er[^a-z]|[^a-z]zr[^a-z]|bidi|cwdm|dwdm/i.test(text)) return "SMF"; if (/multi.?mode|mmf|[^a-z]sx[^a-z]|[^a-z]sr[^a-z]/i.test(text)) return "MMF"; if (/copper|dac|twinax|rj.?45|base-t/i.test(text)) return "Copper"; return ""; } function detectWavelength(text: string): string { const m = text.match(/(\d{3,4})\s*nm/i); return m ? m[1] : ""; } function parseProductList(html: string, cat: typeof CATEGORIES[number]): Product[] { const products: Product[] = []; const seen = new Set(); const collapsed = html.replace(/\s+/g, " "); // Strategy 1: Shopify product grid (class="product-item" or similar) for (const m of collapsed.matchAll(/<(?:li|div)[^>]+class="[^"]*(?:product-item|product__card|grid__item|product-card)[^"]*"[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/(?:li|div)>/gi)) { const card = m[1]; const urlMatch = card.match(/href="(\/products\/[^"?#]+)"/i) || card.match(/href="(https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?vcelink\.com\/products\/[^"?#]+)"/i); if (!urlMatch) continue; const rawUrl = urlMatch[1]; const url = rawUrl.startsWith("http") ? rawUrl : BASE + rawUrl; if (seen.has(url)) continue; seen.add(url); const nameMatch = card.match(/]*>([^<]{8,})<\/h[23456]>/i) || card.match(/class="[^"]*(?:title|name)[^"]*"[^>]*>([^<]{8,}) 0 && price < 100000 ? price : undefined, formFactor: cat.formFactor, speed: cat.speed, speedGbps: cat.speedGbps, reachLabel: reach?.label, reachMeters: reach?.meters, fiberType: detectFiber(name), wavelength: detectWavelength(name), }); } // Strategy 2: JSON-LD product data (Shopify embeds this) if (products.length === 0) { for (const m of collapsed.matchAll(/"@type"\s*:\s*"Product"[^}]*"name"\s*:\s*"([^"]{8,})"[^}]*"url"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"[^}]*"price"\s*:\s*"?([\d.]+)/gi)) { const name = m[1].replace(/\\n/g, " ").trim(); const url = m[2].startsWith("http") ? m[2] : BASE + m[2]; const price = parseFloat(m[3]); if (seen.has(url)) continue; if (!/sfp|qsfp|transceiver|dac|aoc|optic/i.test(name + url)) continue; seen.add(url); const reach = detectReach(name); products.push({ partNumber: name.split(/\s+/)[0]?.slice(0, 80) || "", name, url, price: price > 0 && price < 100000 ? price : undefined, formFactor: cat.formFactor, speed: cat.speed, speedGbps: cat.speedGbps, reachLabel: reach?.label, reachMeters: reach?.meters, fiberType: detectFiber(name), wavelength: detectWavelength(name), }); } } // Strategy 3: Generic product links if (products.length === 0) { for (const m of collapsed.matchAll(/href="(\/products\/[^"?#]{5,})"[^>]*>([^<]{8,}) 0 && price < 100000 ? price : undefined, formFactor: cat.formFactor, speed: cat.speed, speedGbps: cat.speedGbps, reachLabel: reach?.label, reachMeters: reach?.meters, fiberType: detectFiber(name), wavelength: detectWavelength(name), }); } } return products; } async function fetchPage(url: string): Promise { const resp = await fetch(url, { headers: HEADERS, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30000) }); if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${resp.status} for ${url}`); return resp.text(); } export async function scrapeVcelink(): Promise { // VCELink pivoted away from optical transceivers to audio/video/cable products (April 2026). // All transceiver collection URLs return 404. Scraper disabled until site sells optics again. console.warn("[vcelink] Scraper disabled — site no longer sells optical transceivers (pivoted to audio/video, April 2026)"); return; console.log("=== Vcelink Scraper Starting ===\n"); const vendorId = await ensureVendor( "Vcelink", "compatible", "https://www.vcelink.com", "https://www.vcelink.com/collections/all", ); let totalProducts = 0; let priceUpdates = 0; const seenCategories = new Set(); for (const cat of CATEGORIES) { console.log(`\n--- ${cat.formFactor} (${cat.speed}) [${cat.path}] ---`); try { const html1 = await fetchPage(BASE + cat.path); const catProducts = parseProductList(html1, cat); if (cat.path.includes("/collections/all") && seenCategories.size > 3) { console.log(` Skipping generic fallback (${seenCategories.size} categories scraped)`); continue; } if (catProducts.length === 0) { console.log(" No products on page 1 — skipping"); continue; } seenCategories.add(cat.path); console.log(` Found ${catProducts.length} products on page 1`); const allProducts = [...catProducts]; for (let page = 2; page <= MAX_PAGES; page++) { await sleep(2000); try { // Shopify pagination: ?page=N const pageUrl = `${BASE}${cat.path}?page=${page}`; const html = await fetchPage(pageUrl); const pageProds = parseProductList(html, cat); if (pageProds.length === 0) break; allProducts.push(...pageProds); console.log(` Page ${page}: ${pageProds.length} products`); } catch (err) { console.warn(` Page ${page} failed: ${(err as Error).message.slice(0, 60)}`); break; } } const uniqueProducts = allProducts.filter((p, i, arr) => arr.findIndex(x => x.url === p.url) === i); console.log(` Total unique: ${uniqueProducts.length}`); for (const product of uniqueProducts) { try { const txId = await findOrCreateScrapedTransceiver({ partNumber: product.partNumber, vendorId, formFactor: product.formFactor, speedGbps: product.speedGbps, speed: product.speed, reachMeters: product.reachMeters, reachLabel: product.reachLabel, fiberType: product.fiberType, wavelengths: product.wavelength, category: "DataCenter", }); // Dead code — function returns early above (VCELink disabled April 2026). // @ts-ignore TS18048/TS2322 — TS 5.9 narrowing quirk; price is number when defined const price = product.price as number; if (price > 0) { const hash = contentHash({ price, part: product.partNumber }); const updated = await upsertPriceObservation({ transceiverId: txId, sourceVendorId: vendorId, price, currency: "USD", stockLevel: "in_stock", url: product.url, contentHash: hash, }); if (updated) priceUpdates++; } totalProducts++; } catch (err) { console.warn(` DB error: ${(err as Error).message.slice(0, 80)}`); } } } catch (err) { console.error(` Category failed: ${(err as Error).message}`); } await sleep(2000); } console.log(`\n=== Vcelink Complete: ${totalProducts} products, ${priceUpdates} price updates ===`); } if (require.main === module) { scrapeVcelink() .then(() => pool.end()) .catch((err) => { console.error("Fatal:", err); pool.end(); process.exit(1); }); }