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NodeJS module 'request' returns some symbols instead of html

I am learning Nodejs, and try to do web scraping with node.js

I am using node module request and cheerio

but when I request the url it returns some symbol instead of the html body

var request = require('request');
var cheerio = require('cheerio');
request({
    url:"http://mangafox.me/manga/shingeki_no_kyojin/v00/c000/1.html"
},(err, res, body) => {
    if(err) throw err;
    
    else {
        var $ = cheerio.load(body);
        console.log(body);
        }
});

output in command prompt

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Can anyone please tell me What is the problem here?

Thank You

Solution

  • The problem is that the server is sending a compressed response, even though you aren't requesting a compressed response.

    The easy fix is to just add gzip: true to your request() options, which will not only automatically decompress responses but will also send the appropriate Accept-Encoding header to the server.