hack-news

Installation

$ npm install hack-news

Usage

####Top Stories The examples below show how to access the IDs of the top stories on Hacker News.

var hn = require('hack-news');

//Returns an array of all the article ids for the top stories on hacker news

hn.allTopStories( (error, allTheStories) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
  console.log(allTheStories);
});

//Using Promises
hn.allTopStories().then(stories => {console.log(stories);});

/*Returns an array of article ids in the amount of your choice.
So if you wanted the top ten stories on Hacker News it would look like this.*/

hn.numberOfTopStories(10, (error, numberOfStories) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
  console.log(numberOfStories);
});

//Using Promises
hn.numberOfTopStories(10).then(numberOfStories => {console.log(numberOfStories);});

####New Stories The examples below show how to access the IDs of the new stories on Hacker News.

var hn = require('hack-news');

//Returns an array of all the article ids for the new stories on hacker news
hn.allNewStories( (error, allTheStories) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
  console.log(allTheStories);
});

//Using Promises
hn.allNewStories().then(stories => {console.log(stories);});

/*Returns an array of article ids in the amount of your choice.
So if you wanted the top ten newest stories on Hacker News it would look like this.*/
hn.numberOfNewStories(10, (error, numOfStories) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
  console.log(numOfStories);
});

//Using Promises
hn.numberOfNewStories(10).then(numOfStories => {console.log(numOfStories);});

####Ask, Show and Job Stories The examples below show how to access the IDs of Ask, Show and Job stories on Hacker News.

var hn = require('hack-news');

//Returns an array of all the article ids for Ask, Show and Job stories on hacker news.
//Just place 'ask', 'show', or 'job' as the first parameter to retrieve the array you need.
hn.asjStories('ask', (error, asj) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
  console.log(asj);
});

//Using Promises
hn.asjStories('show').then(asj => {console.log(asj);});

//If you wanted the Top Ten Ask, Show, Job you ca use the numbOfAskShowOrJobStories method like so.
hn.numbOfAsjStories('show', 10, (error, asj) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
  console.log(asj);
});

//Using Promises
hn.numbOfAsjStories('job', 10).then(asj => {console.log(asj);});

####IDs The examples below show how to select a single story with its ID you can also use the ID method with the other methods provided.

var hn = require('hack-news');

//This will return a object filled with data corresponding to the ID that was used.
hn.storyWithId(002, (error, story) => {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
  console.log(story);
});

//Used with another method
hn.numberOfNewStories(10, (error, numOfStories) => {
  var myArray = numOfStories;
  hn.storyWithId(myArray[0], (error, story) => {
    console.log(story);
  });
});

//Using Promises
hn.storyWithId(12303).then(story => {console.log(story);});

//Used with another method.
hn.numbOfAsjStories('job', 10).then(asj => {
  var myArray = asj;
  hn.storyWithId(myArray[6]).then(story => {console.log(story);});
});

This is it for now but stay tuned I will be adding a lot more.