From 14dd317baca71470598027f9a985d4d521a4b910 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Pankratz <felix.pankratz@auma.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:09:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add a spinner during loading

---
 hn.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hn.py b/hn.py
index 4106381..d6af7c5 100755
--- a/hn.py
+++ b/hn.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import webbrowser
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
+spinner_states = ['-', '\\', '|', '/']
+
 @dataclass
 class Story:
     id: int
@@ -25,7 +27,10 @@ def main(stdscr):
         raise Exception('Error fetching data from Hacker News API')
     ids = r.json()[:15]  # Show only the first ten stories
     stories = []
-    for i in ids:
+    for idx, i in enumerate(ids):
+        stdscr.clear()
+        stdscr.addstr(f'[{spinner_states[idx%4]}] Getting stories...')
+        stdscr.refresh()
         story_url = f'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/{i}.json'
         s = requests.get(story_url).json()
         stories.append(Story(s['id'],
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ def main(stdscr):
     current_pos = 0
     while True:
         stdscr.clear()
-        stdscr.addstr('\n\nHacker News Top Stories:\n')
+        stdscr.addstr('Hacker News Top Stories:\n')
         for i, story in enumerate(stories):
             prefix = '>>> ' if i == current_pos else '   '
             text = f'{prefix}{story.title} ({story.link})\n'