remove regexp

back to "/dp/" from "/(d|g)p/" seems to solve the ego issue in digitalmethodsinitiative#2

carousels.js

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         own_img = own_img ? own_img.getAttribute('src') : null;
 
         let item_metadata = {
-            asin: document.location.href.split(/(d|g)p/)[1].split('/')[0],
+            asin: document.location.href.split('/dp/')[1].split('/')[0],
             label: own_title.innerText,
             author: null,
             rank: 0,

scrape.py

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def generate_recommendation_network(seeds, depth=0, prefix="", max_carousel_item
     while current_depth <= depth:
         # we use ASINs as unique identifiers - they can be found at a
         # predictable place in the product page URL
-        seed_asins |= set([re.split("/(d|g)p/", seed)[1].split("/")[0] for seed in seeds])
+        seed_asins |= set([seed.split("/dp/")[1].split("/")[0] for seed in seeds])
         if not initial_asins:
             initial_asins = seed_asins
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def generate_recommendation_network(seeds, depth=0, prefix="", max_carousel_item
                 print("- no results, link may be invalid")
                 continue
 
-            seed_asin = re.split("/(d|g)p/", seed)[1].split("/")[0]
+            seed_asin = seed.split("/dp/")[1].split("/")[0]
 
             # process recommendations
             for list_title, list_items in recommendations.items():