// convert excel dataset to JSON for easier parsing & easier deployment const XLSX = require("xlsx"); const fs = require("fs"); const path = require("path"); const filePath = path.join(__dirname, "../preprocessed_data.xlsx") // path to excel file -- change this path to be spreadsheets\updated_datav2.xlsx const workbook = XLSX.readFile(filePath); // read excel workbook const sheetName = workbook.SheetNames[0]; // get first sheet const sheet = workbook.Sheets[sheetName]; const rawData = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_json(sheet); // convert to JSON const cleanedData = rawData.map((movie) => ({ // transform data title: movie.Title, director: movie.Director || "", cast: movie.Cast || "", genre: movie.Genre || "", plot: movie.Plot || "", releaseDate: movie["Release Date"] || "", slug: movie.Slug || "", poster: movie["Poster Filename"] ? `/posters/${movie["Poster Filename"]}` : null, })); fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "../movies.json"), JSON.stringify(cleanedData, null, 2)); // to run: node scripts/convertExcelToJson.js