add autotruncate

master
Felix Pankratz 1 year ago
parent 14dd317bac
commit 7d0ce178eb

20
hn.py

@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
#TODO: make sure things dont explode no matter what terminal size
# -> prevent linebreaks in a single story
# -> only load as many stories as fit
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as Soup
import curses
@ -20,15 +25,18 @@ class Story:
def main(stdscr):
stdscr.clear()
height, width = stdscr.getmaxyx()
num_stories = curses.LINES - 2 # headline and detail
# Query Hacker News API for top stories and their titles/links
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()[:15] # Show only the first ten stories
ids = r.json()[:10]
stories = []
for idx, i in enumerate(ids):
stdscr.clear()
stdscr.addstr(f'{num_stories}\n')
stdscr.addstr(f'[{spinner_states[idx%4]}] Getting stories...')
stdscr.refresh()
story_url = f'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/{i}.json'
@ -46,7 +54,15 @@ def main(stdscr):
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'
#text = f'{prefix}{story.title} ({story.link})\n'
# calculate length of line
text = f'{prefix} ()\n'
chars_available = width - len(text)
max_title_len = (chars_available//3)*2
max_url_len = chars_available//3
text = f'{prefix}{(story.title[:max_title_len-1] + "") if len(story.title) > max_title_len else story.title} ({story.link[:max_url_len-1] + "" if len(story.link) > max_url_len else story.link})\n'
stdscr.addstr(text)
if i == current_pos:
detail = f' by {story.author} | {story.comments} comments | {story.votes} points\n'

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