Moved anilist.js to anilist.cpp

server.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const fastify = require('fastify')({ logger: true });
 const path = require('path');
-const { animeMetadata } = require('./src/metadata/anilist');
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const fs = require('fs');
 
 const { initDatabase } = require('./src/shared/database');
 const { loadExtensions } = require('./src/shared/extensions');
@@ -33,6 +34,36 @@ fastify.register(animeRoutes, { prefix: '/api' });
 fastify.register(booksRoutes, { prefix: '/api' });
 fastify.register(proxyRoutes, { prefix: '/api' });
 
+function startCppScraper() {
+    const exePath = path.join(__dirname, 'src', 'metadata', 'anilist.exe');
+    const dllPath = path.join(__dirname, 'src', 'metadata', 'binaries');
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(exePath)) {
+        console.error(`❌ C++ Error: Could not find executable at: ${exePath}`);
+        console.error("   Did you compile it? (g++ src/metadata/anilist.cpp -o src/metadata/anilist.exe ...)");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const env = { ...process.env };
+    env.PATH = `${dllPath};${env.PATH}`;
+
+    console.log("⚡ Starting WaifuBoard Scraper Engine (C++)...");
+
+    const scraper = spawn(exePath, [], {
+        stdio: 'inherit', 
+        cwd: __dirname,   
+        env: env        
+    });
+
+    scraper.on('error', (err) => {
+        console.error('❌ Failed to spawn C++ process:', err);
+    });
+
+    scraper.on('close', (code) => {
+        console.log(`✅ Scraper process finished with code ${code}`);
+    });
+}
+
 const start = async () => {
     try {
         initDatabase();
@@ -41,7 +72,8 @@ const start = async () => {
         await fastify.listen({ port: 3000, host: '0.0.0.0' });
         console.log(`Server running at http://localhost:3000`);
 
-        animeMetadata();
+        startCppScraper();
+
     } catch (err) {
         fastify.log.error(err);
         process.exit(1);