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datamining_881/scripts/convert_to_JSON.js
Vadella, Anna 3a912bf09e Frontend changes
I still need to change the path of the excel in convert_to_JSON.js to be the updated data xlsx lmao
2026-03-26 12:35:58 -04:00

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// 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