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hacka-news-cli


A command line interface (CLI) for Hacker News that utilizes their official API and node.js.

Update (April 13, 2016)

The portion of the app that directly interfaces with the API has recently been split off into its own module. You can check it out here.

Features

  • Print out stories from HN feeds (top, new, ask, show, and job)
  • View info for individual story specified by ID
  • View stories by headline only or with verbosity
  • Display url for a specified post
  • Save/load HN stories to/from favourites, which are stored as a local JSON state in program's directory
    • Print out list of stories that have been favourited

Installation

Clone the repository with:
git clone https://github.com/Coteh/hacka-news-cli

Then to install all the dependencies, run:
npm install

Issues

  • Error comments are unorganized
  • No unit/integration testing

Future Additions

  • Filter feed results by tags or url
  • Open browser window for story
  • Story caching: Save stories from feeds to cache
  • Render HTML page for stories
  • Save to Pocket integration

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Hacker News command line reader made with Javascript and node.js.

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