catbase/plugins/newsbid/webshit/hn/api.go

package hn

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
)

const BASE = `https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0`

func get(url string) (*http.Response, error) {
	c := &http.Client{}
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "catbase/1.0")
	return c.Do(req)
}

func GetItem(id int) (Item, error) {
	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/item/%d.json", BASE, id)
	resp, err := get(u)
	if err != nil {
		return Item{}, err
	}
	dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
	i := Item{}
	if err := dec.Decode(&i); err != nil {
		return Item{}, err
	}
	return i, nil
}

type Items []Item

func (is Items) Titles() string {
	out := ""
	for _, v := range is {
		hnURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=%d", v.ID)
		if v.URL == "" {
			out += fmt.Sprintf("• %s %s (<%s|Comments>)\n", v.Bid, v.Title, hnURL)
		} else {
			out += fmt.Sprintf("• %s <%s|%s> (<%s|Comments>)\n", v.Bid, v.URL, v.Title, hnURL)
		}
	}
	return out
}