/** * GBICS.com Scraper — UK-based compatible transceiver vendor * * gbics.com — BigCommerce store, server-rendered HTML, GBP prices. * Products in
  • cards with

    product names, "Now: £XX.XX" pricing. * Pagination via ?page=N. Rate limited: 1 req/2sec. */ import { pool, findOrCreateScrapedTransceiver, ensureVendor, upsertPriceObservation } from "../utils/db"; import { contentHash } from "../utils/hash"; const BASE = "https://www.gbics.com"; const HEADERS = { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TIP-Bot/1.0; research)", Accept: "text/html,application/xhtml+xml", }; const CATEGORIES = [ { path: "/800g-osfp/", formFactor: "OSFP", speed: "800G", speedGbps: 800 }, { path: "/400g-qsfp112/", formFactor: "QSFP112", speed: "400G", speedGbps: 400 }, { path: "/400g-qsfp-dd/", formFactor: "QSFP-DD", speed: "400G", speedGbps: 400 }, { path: "/400g-osfp/", formFactor: "OSFP", speed: "400G", speedGbps: 400 }, { path: "/200g-qsfp56/", formFactor: "QSFP56", speed: "200G", speedGbps: 200 }, { path: "/100g-qsfp28/", formFactor: "QSFP28", speed: "100G", speedGbps: 100 }, { path: "/40g-qsfp/", formFactor: "QSFP+", speed: "40G", speedGbps: 40 }, { path: "/25g-sfp28/", formFactor: "SFP28", speed: "25G", speedGbps: 25 }, { path: "/10g-sfp/", formFactor: "SFP+", speed: "10G", speedGbps: 10 }, { path: "/1g-sfp/", formFactor: "SFP", speed: "1G", speedGbps: 1 }, ]; interface Product { partNumber: string; name: string; url: string; price?: number; formFactor: string; speed: string; speedGbps: number; reachLabel?: string; reachMeters?: number; fiberType?: string; wavelength?: string; compatibleWith?: 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], [/\b500\s*m\b/i, "500m", 500], [/\b400\s*m\b/i, "400m", 400], [/\b300\s*m\b/i, "300m", 300], [/\b150\s*m\b/i, "150m", 150], [/\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 [regex, label, meters] of patterns) { if (regex.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|cat[56x]/i.test(text)) return "Copper"; return ""; } function detectWavelength(text: string): string { const match = text.match(/(\d{3,4})\s*nm/i); if (match) return match[1]; return ""; } function extractCompatibleVendor(name: string): string { const match = name.match(/^(\w+(?:\s+\w+)?)\s+Compatible\b/i); return match ? match[1] : ""; } function parseProductList(html: string, cat: typeof CATEGORIES[number]): Product[] { const products: Product[] = []; // Collapse whitespace for easier regex matching const collapsed = html.replace(/\s+/g, " "); // BigCommerce card-title pattern: // const productRegex = /aria-label="([^"]+)"\s+href="(https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?gbics\.com\/[^"]+)"[^>]*data-event-type="product-click"/gi; let match; while ((match = productRegex.exec(collapsed)) !== null) { const label = match[1].trim(); const url = match[2]; // aria-label contains "Product Name, £XX.XX" // Split on last comma to separate name and price const priceInLabel = label.match(/,\s*£\s*([\d,.]+)\s*$/); const name = priceInLabel ? label.slice(0, label.lastIndexOf(",")).trim() : label; let price = priceInLabel ? parseFloat(priceInLabel[1].replace(",", "")) : undefined; // Fallback: extract price from data-price-asc attribute on parent
  • if (!price) { const priceContext = collapsed.slice(Math.max(0, match.index - 500), match.index); const dataPriceMatch = priceContext.match(/data-price-asc="(\d+)"/); if (dataPriceMatch) price = parseFloat(dataPriceMatch[1]); } if (name.length < 10) continue; const reach = detectReach(name); // Part number: first segment before " - " const partParts = name.split(/\s+-\s+/); const partNumber = partParts[0]?.trim().slice(0, 80) || url.split("/").filter(Boolean).pop() || ""; products.push({ partNumber, name, url, price: price && price > 0 && price < 50000 ? price : undefined, formFactor: cat.formFactor, speed: cat.speed, speedGbps: cat.speedGbps, reachLabel: reach?.label, reachMeters: reach?.meters, fiberType: detectFiber(name), wavelength: detectWavelength(name), compatibleWith: extractCompatibleVendor(name), }); } // Fallback: try "Now: £XX.XX" pattern near product links if (products.length === 0) { const altRegex = /href="(https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?gbics\.com\/[^"]+)"[^>]*>\s*([^<]{15,})<\/a>/gi; while ((match = altRegex.exec(collapsed)) !== null) { const url = match[1]; const name = match[2].trim(); if (name.length < 10 || products.find((p) => p.url === url)) continue; if (!/transceiver|sfp|qsfp|xfp|osfp|base/i.test(name)) continue; const context = collapsed.slice(Math.max(0, match.index - 300), match.index + 600); const priceMatch = context.match(/Now:\s*£\s*([\d,.]+)/) || context.match(/£\s*([\d,.]+)/); const price = priceMatch ? parseFloat(priceMatch[1].replace(",", "")) : undefined; const reach = detectReach(name); products.push({ partNumber: name.split(/\s+-\s+/)[0]?.trim().slice(0, 80) || "", name, url, price: price && price > 0 && price < 50000 ? price : undefined, formFactor: cat.formFactor, speed: cat.speed, speedGbps: cat.speedGbps, reachLabel: reach?.label, reachMeters: reach?.meters, fiberType: detectFiber(name), wavelength: detectWavelength(name), compatibleWith: extractCompatibleVendor(name), }); } } const seen = new Set(); return products.filter((p) => { if (seen.has(p.url)) return false; seen.add(p.url); return true; }); } 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 scrapeGbics(): Promise { console.log("=== GBICS.com Scraper Starting ===\n"); const vendorId = await ensureVendor("GBICS", "compatible", "https://www.gbics.com", "https://www.gbics.com/optical-transceivers/"); let totalProducts = 0; let priceUpdates = 0; for (const cat of CATEGORIES) { console.log(`\n--- ${cat.formFactor} (${cat.speed}) [${cat.path}] ---`); try { const html = await fetchPage(BASE + cat.path); const catProducts = parseProductList(html, cat); console.log(` Found ${catProducts.length} products`); for (const product of catProducts) { 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", }); if (product.price && product.price > 0) { const hash = contentHash(JSON.stringify({ price: product.price, part: product.partNumber })); const updated = await upsertPriceObservation({ transceiverId: txId, sourceVendorId: vendorId, price: product.price, currency: "GBP", stockLevel: "in_stock", url: product.url, contentHash: hash, }); if (updated) priceUpdates++; } totalProducts++; } catch (err) { console.warn(` Error: ${(err as Error).message.slice(0, 80)}`); } } } catch (err) { console.error(` Category failed: ${(err as Error).message}`); } await sleep(2000); } console.log(`\n=== GBICS Complete: ${totalProducts} products, ${priceUpdates} prices ===`); } if (require.main === module) { scrapeGbics() .then(() => pool.end()) .catch((err) => { console.error("Fatal:", err); pool.end(); process.exit(1); }); }