#!/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 import webbrowser from dataclasses import dataclass spinner_states = ['-', '\\', '|', '/'] @dataclass class Story: id: int title: str link: str author: str votes: int comments: int 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()[: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' 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 while True: stdscr.clear() 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' # 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' stdscr.addstr(detail) stdscr.refresh() c = stdscr.getch() if c == ord('q'): # Quit break elif c == curses.KEY_UP: current_pos -= 1 if current_pos < 0: current_pos = len(stories)-1 elif c == curses.KEY_DOWN: current_pos += 1 if current_pos >= len(stories): current_pos = 0 elif c == ord('c'): webbrowser.open(f'https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id={stories[current_pos].id}') elif c == curses.KEY_ENTER or c == 10: #title, link = stories[current_pos] #print(f'\nOpening link: {link}\n') webbrowser.open(stories[current_pos].link) curses.wrapper(main)