Python/web_programming/get_top_hn_posts.py
Christian Clauss a2fa32c7ad
Lukazlim: Replace dependency requests with httpx (#12744)
* Replace dependency `requests` with `httpx`

Fixes #12742
Signed-off-by: Lim, Lukaz Wei Hwang <lukaz.wei.hwang.lim@intel.com>

* updating DIRECTORY.md

* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

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Signed-off-by: Lim, Lukaz Wei Hwang <lukaz.wei.hwang.lim@intel.com>
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# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.13"
# dependencies = [
# "httpx",
# ]
# ///
from __future__ import annotations
import httpx
def get_hackernews_story(story_id: str) -> dict:
url = f"https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/{story_id}.json?print=pretty"
return httpx.get(url, timeout=10).json()
def hackernews_top_stories(max_stories: int = 10) -> list[dict]:
"""
Get the top max_stories posts from HackerNews - https://news.ycombinator.com/
"""
url = "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json?print=pretty"
story_ids = httpx.get(url, timeout=10).json()[:max_stories]
return [get_hackernews_story(story_id) for story_id in story_ids]
def hackernews_top_stories_as_markdown(max_stories: int = 10) -> str:
stories = hackernews_top_stories(max_stories)
return "\n".join("* [{title}]({url})".format(**story) for story in stories)
if __name__ == "__main__":
print(hackernews_top_stories_as_markdown())