#!/usr/bin/env python3 #TODO: make sure things dont explode no matter what terminal size # x prevent linebreaks in a single story # x only load as many stories as fit # -> refresh on resize import requests from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as Soup import curses import webbrowser import api spinner_states = ['-', '\\', '|', '/'] class Client: def __init__(self): # set up curses self.screen = curses.initscr() curses.noecho() curses.cbreak() self.screen.keypad(True) self.topstories = api.get_topstories() self.loadedstories = [] self.story_pos = 0 self.cursor_pos = 0 self.lines = curses.LINES self.cols = curses.COLS self.stories_in_a_site = self.lines - 3 def load_stories(self, from_pos, to_pos): for idx, i in enumerate(self.topstories[from_pos:to_pos]): #stdscr.clear() self.set_footer(f'[{spinner_states[idx%4]}] Loading stories...') self.screen.refresh() self.loadedstories.append(api.get_story(i)) def set_footer(self, footer): self.screen.addstr(curses.LINES - 1, 0, footer, curses.A_REVERSE) def draw(self): self.screen.clear() self.lines = curses.LINES self.cols = curses.COLS # header, detail, footer: self.stories_in_a_site = self.lines - 3 self.screen.addstr('Hacker News Top Stories:\n') for i, story in enumerate(self.loadedstories[self.story_pos:self.story_pos + self.stories_in_a_site]): prefix = '>>> ' if i == self.cursor_pos else ' ' # calculate length of line text = f'{prefix} ()\n' chars_available = self.cols - len(text) max_title_len = min((chars_available//3)*2, len(story.title)) max_url_len = chars_available - max_title_len title = story.title[:max_title_len-1] + "…" if len(story.title) > max_title_len else story.title link = story.link.replace('https://', '').replace('http://', '') link = link[:max_url_len-1] + "…" if len(link) > max_url_len else link text = '{}{} ({})\n'.format(prefix, title, link.replace('https://', '').replace('http://', '')) self.screen.addstr(text) if i == self.cursor_pos: detail = f' by {story.author} | {story.comments} comments | {story.votes} points\n' self.screen.addstr(detail) self.set_footer(f'Loaded {self.stories_in_a_site} stories.') def handle_input(self): c = self.screen.getch() if c == ord('q'): # Quit self.exit() elif c == curses.KEY_UP: self.cursor_pos -= 1 if self.cursor_pos < 0: self.cursor_pos = self.stories_in_a_site-1 elif c == curses.KEY_DOWN: self.cursor_pos += 1 if self.cursor_pos >= self.stories_in_a_site: self.cursor_pos = 0 elif c == ord('c'): webbrowser.open(f'https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id={self.loadedstories[self.story_pos + self.cursor_pos].id}') elif c == curses.KEY_ENTER or c == 10: webbrowser.open(self.loadedstories[self.story_pos + self.cursor_pos].link) elif c == curses.KEY_RESIZE: curses.resize_term(*self.screen.getmaxyx()) self.lines, self.cols = self.screen.getmaxyx() self.stories_in_a_site = self.lines - 3 def run(self): self.load_stories(0, self.stories_in_a_site) while True: self.draw() self.handle_input() def exit(self): curses.endwin() import sys sys.exit(0) def main(): try: client = Client() client.run() except Exception as e: curses.endwin() print(e) if __name__ == '__main__': main()