view RedFlagDeals.com from the command line
Project description
RFD
Description
This is a CLI utility that allows you to view RedFlagDeals.com on the command line.
Motivation
It is often faster to use a CLI than to load up a web page and navigate web elements. This tool can search for deals and sort them based on score and views. It is also able to load entire threads (without pagination) for additional analysis.
Installation
pip
pip3 install --user rfd
This can also be installed with pipx.
brew
If you have brew:
brew install davegallant/public/rfd
Usage
All commands open up in a terminal pager.
Usage: rfd [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
CLI for https://forums.redflagdeals.com
Options:
-v, --version
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
posts Display all posts in a thread.
search Search deals based on a regular expression.
threads Displays threads in the forum. Defaults to hot deals.
View Hot Deals
To view the threads on most popular sub-forum:
rfd threads
View and Sort Hot Deals
rfd threads --sort-by score
To view and sort multiple pages, use --pages
:
rfd threads --sort-by views --pages 10
Search
rfd search 'pizza'
Regex
Regular expressions can be used for search.
rfd search '(coffee|starbucks)' --pages 10 --sort-by views
View Posts
It's possible to view an entire post and all comments by running:
rfd posts https://forums.redflagdeals.com/kobo-vs-kindle-2396227/
This allows for easy grepping and searching for desired expressions.
JSON Output
All commands support JSON output.
For example:
rfd threads --output json
Shell Completion
Shell completion can be enabled if using bash
or zsh
.
bash
echo 'eval "$(_RFD_COMPLETE=source rfd)"' >> ~/.profile
zsh
echo 'eval "$(_RFD_COMPLETE=source_zsh rfd)"' >> ~/.zshrc
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