refactor

hn.py

@@ -22,6 +22,26 @@ class Story:
     votes: int
     comments: int
 
+def get_topstories():
+    # Query Hacker News API for top stories and their titles/links
+    # returns the top 500 stories, so quite enough.
+    url = 'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json'
+    r = requests.get(url)
+    if not r.ok:
+        raise Exception('Error fetching data from Hacker News API')
+    return r.json()
+
+def get_story(story_id):
+    story_url = f'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/{story_id}.json'
+    s = requests.get(story_url).json()
+    return Story(s['id'],
+                 s['title'],
+                 s['url'] if 'url' in s else 'No URL',
+                 s['by'],
+                 s['score'],
+                 len(s['kids']) if 'kids' in s else 0)
+
+
 def footer(stdscr, content):
     stdscr.addstr(curses.LINES-1, 0, content, curses.A_REVERSE)
 
@@ -29,27 +49,16 @@ def footer(stdscr, content):
 def main(stdscr):
     stdscr.clear()
 
-    height, width = stdscr.getmaxyx()
+    _, width = stdscr.getmaxyx();
+
     num_stories = curses.LINES - 3 # headline, detail, footer
-    # Query Hacker News API for top stories and their titles/links
+    topstories = get_topstories()
-    # returns the top 500 stories, so quite enough.
-    url = 'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json'
-    r = requests.get(url)
-    if not r.ok:
-        raise Exception('Error fetching data from Hacker News API')
-    ids = r.json()
     stories = []
-    for idx, i in enumerate(ids[:num_stories]):
+    for idx, i in enumerate(topstories[:num_stories]):
         stdscr.clear()
         footer(stdscr, f'[{spinner_states[idx%4]}] Getting stories...')
         stdscr.refresh()
-        story_url = f'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/{i}.json'
+        stories.append(get_story(i))
-        s = requests.get(story_url).json()
-        stories.append(Story(s['id'],
-                             s['title'], 
-                             s['url'] if 'url' in s else 'No URL',
-                             s['by'], s['score'],
-                             len(s['kids']) if 'kids' in s else 0))
 
     # Display list of stories in terminal window with arrow key navigation
     current_pos = 0