##A simple data retriever and parser script. This application aims to get more than eight thousand food's nutritional information from USDA website and parse it to a processable XML file.

##Files

###Makefile

• get: Runs the scrapper script (may take several minutes to retrieve all data).
• parse: Parses results.txt to foods.xml (not real XML markup yet).
• clean: Deletes results.txt and food.xml files.

####scrapper.js

• Script to retrieve all data via HTTP requests and store it in results.txt.

####results.txt

• Stores retrieved data.

####parse_csv_xml.js

• Script to process results.txt to XML.

####foods.xml

• XML file containing all the parsed food information.

####old_parser.js

• Old method used to parse results.txt (kept for references).

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###Additional info I created this project for learning purposes only.