haxor 0.1.1

Unofficial Python wrapper for Hacker News API

Unofficial Python wrapper for official Hacker News API.

Installation

pip install haxor

Usage

import and initialization:

from hackernews import HackerNews
hn = HackerNews()

Get certain user info by user id (i.e. username on Hacker News)

user = hn.get_user('pg')
# >>> user.user_id
# pg
# >>> user.karma
# 155040

Stories, comments, jobs, Ask HNs and even polls are just items and they have unique item id. To get info of an item by item id:

item = hn.get_item(8863)
# >>> item.title
# "My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive"
# >>> item.type
# story
# >>> item.kids
# [ 8952, 9224, 8917, ...]

To get item ids of current top stories:

top_story_ids = hn.top_stories()
# >>> top_story_ids
# [8432709, 8432616, 8433237, ...]

To get current largest item id:

max_item = hn.get_max_item()
# >>> max_item
# 8433746

Examples

Getting top 10 stories:

for story in hn.top_stories(limit=10):
    print hn.get_item(story)

# 8432709: Redis cluster, no longer vaporware
# 8432423: Fluid Actuators from Disney Research Make Soft, Safe Robot Arms
# 8433237: Is Capturing Carbon from the Air Practical?
# ...
# ...

Find Python jobs from monthly who is hiring thread:

# Who is hiring
# https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8394339

who_is_hiring = hn.get_item(8394339)

for comment_id in who_is_hiring.kids:
    comment = hn.get_item(comment_id)
    if 'python' in comment.text.lower():
        print comment.item_id

# 8395568
# 8394964
# ...
# ...

API Reference

Class: HackerNews

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
version	string	No	specifies Hacker News API version	v0

get_item

Description: Returns Item object

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
item_id	string/int	Yes	unique item id of Hacker News story, comment etc	None

get_user

Description: Returns User object

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
user_id	string	Yes	unique user id of a Hacker News user	None

top_stories

Description: Returns list of item ids of current top stories

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
limit	int	No	specifies the number of stories to be returned	None

get_max_item

Description: Returns current largest item id

Class: Item

From Official HackerNews Item:

Property	Description
item_id	The item’s unique id.
deleted	true if the item is deleted.
item_type	The type of item. One of “job”, “story”, “comment”, “poll”, or “pollopt”.
by	The username of the item’s author.
submission_time	Creation date of the item, in Python datetime.
text	The comment, Ask HN, or poll text. HTML.
dead	true if the item is dead.
parent	The item’s parent. For comments, either another comment or the relevant story. For pollopts, the relevant poll.
kids	The ids of the item’s comments, in ranked display order.
url	The URL of the story.
score	The story’s score, or the votes for a pollopt.
title	The title of the story or poll.
parts	A list of related pollopts, in display order.
raw	original JSON response.

Class: User

From Official HackerNews User:

Property	Description
user_id	The user’s unique username. Case-sensitive.
delay	Delay in minutes between a comment’s creation and its visibility to other users.
created	Creation date of the user, in Python datetime.
karma	The user’s karma.
about	The user’s optional self-description. HTML.
submitted	List of the user’s stories, polls and comments.
raw	original JSON response.

LICENSE

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Avinash Sajjanshetty <[e-mail]>

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