hnbot/hn.go

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package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
)
type ItemID = int
type Story struct {
ID ItemID
By string // username of author
Time int // UNIX timestamp
Descendants int // number of comments
Kids []ItemID
Score int
Title string
Url string
}
func fetchTopStoriesFromHN() []Story {
// API docs: https://github.com/HackerNews/API
url := "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json"
resp, err := http.Get(url)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("Error fetching top stories:", err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
log.Printf("GET %s %d\n", url, resp.StatusCode)
var ids []int
err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&ids)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("Error decoding top stories JSON:", err)
}
// we are only interested in the first page of top stories
const limit = 30
ids = ids[:limit]
var stories [limit]Story
for i, id := range ids {
story := fetchStoryByID(id)
stories[i] = story
}
// Can't return [30]Story as []Story so we copy the array
return stories[:]
}
func fetchStoryByID(id ItemID) Story {
url := fmt.Sprintf("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/%d.json", id)
resp, err := http.Get(url)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("Error fetching story:", err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
log.Printf("GET %s %d\n", url, resp.StatusCode)
var story Story
err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&story)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("Error decoding story JSON:", err)
}
return story
}