@datafire/hacker_news

Client library for Hacker News

Installation and Usage

npm install --save @datafire/hacker_news

let hacker_news = require('@datafire/hacker_news').create();

.then(data => {
  console.log(data);
});

Description

Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship

Actions

getStories

Get an up-to-date list of stories for the given type

hacker_news.getStories({}, context)

Input

• input object
  • storyType string (values: top, new, job, show, ask): The type of stories to retrieve

Output

• output array
  • items integer

getItem

Get details for a given item

hacker_news.getItem({
  "itemID": 0
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • itemID required integer: The ID of the item to retrieve

Output

• output Item

getUser

Get details for a given user

hacker_news.getUser({
  "username": ""
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • username required string: The unique username for this user

Output

• output User

Definitions

Item

• Item object
  • id integer
  • title string
  • deleted boolean
  • by string
  • time string
  • text string
  • dead boolean
  • parent integer
  • kids array
    • items integer
  • url string
  • score integer
  • parts array
    • items integer
  • descendants array
    • items integer

User

• User object
  • id string
  • created integer
  • delay integer
  • karma integer
  • about string
  • submitted array
    • items integer