works now. we collect links and scrape. Now we just have to scrape through it

Cargo.lock

@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.86"
@@ -492,6 +501,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.158"
@@ -735,6 +750,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4219d74c6b67a3654a9fbebc4b419e22126d13d2f3c4a07ee0cb61ff79a79619"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38caf58cc5ef2fed281f89292ef23f6365465ed9a41b7a7754eb4e26496c92df"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a66a03ae7c801facd77a29370b4faec201768915ac14a721ba36f20bc9c209b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
 version = "0.12.7"
@@ -992,6 +1036,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "fantoccini",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "tokio",
 ]

Cargo.toml

@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.86"
 fantoccini = "0.21.1"
+lazy_static = "1.5.0"
+regex = "1.10.6"
 reqwest = "0.12.7"
 tokio = { version = "1.39.3", features = ["full"] }

src/main.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use fantoccini::{elements::Element, ClientBuilder, Locator};
+use fantoccini::{elements::Element, Client, ClientBuilder, Locator};
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use regex;
 
 /// Holds data about stackoverflow answers
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -11,12 +13,7 @@ struct Answer {
 /// Get all answers from a stackoverflow domain. No error handling is done so get ready to either
 /// check your input or "note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a
 /// backtrace"
-async fn get_answers(url: &str) -> Vec<Answer> {
+async fn get_answers(c: &Client, url: &str) -> Vec<Answer> {
-    let c = ClientBuilder::native()
-        .connect("http://localhost:4444")
-        .await
-        .expect("failed to connect to WebDriver");
-
     // first, go to the Wikipedia page for Foobar
     c.goto(url).await.unwrap();
 
@@ -41,12 +38,52 @@ async fn get_answers(url: &str) -> Vec<Answer> {
             author: "unimplemented".to_string(),
         });
     }
-    c.close().await.unwrap();
 
     out_answers
 }
 
+async fn get_top_links(c: &Client, pages: u16) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<String>> {
+    let mut answers = vec![];
+    for page in 1..=pages {
+        c.goto(
+            format!(
+                "https://stackoverflow.com/questions?tab=votes&page={}",
+                page
+            )
+            .as_str(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let finds = c.find_all(Locator::Css(".s-link")).await.unwrap();
+        for find in finds {
+            if find
+                .attr("href")
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .unwrap()
+                .contains("/questions/")
+            {
+                answers.push(find.attr("href").await.unwrap().unwrap());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(answers)
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    dbg!(get_answers("https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11227809/why-is-processing-a-sorted-array-faster-than-processing-an-unsorted-array").await);
+    let c: Client = ClientBuilder::native()
+        .connect("http://localhost:4444")
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to connect to WebDriver");
+    let links = get_top_links(&c, 5).await.unwrap();
+    let mut answers = vec![];
+    for link in links {
+        answers.append(
+            &mut get_answers(&c, format!("https://stackoverflow.com{}", link).as_str()).await,
+        );
+    }
+    c.close().await.unwrap();
 }