Python/web_programming/get_top_hn_posts.py
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Get top 10 HN posts ()
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from __future__ import annotations
import requests
def get_hackernews_story(story_id: str) -> dict:
url = f"https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/{story_id}.json?print=pretty"
return requests.get(url).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 = requests.get(url).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())