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Dev tools · July 20, 2019

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A thin Python library to access HN data using Algolia's API

Hello community. Some time ago I was trying to create a project for my students using Hacker News data. As you might know, HN offers an official API [0], but it's based on Firebase and I felt it's main usage is to build clients, rather than consult data. I found out that Algolia also provides an official REST API [1]. It's exactly what I needed: the ability to "search" HN. Either by keywords, type of stories (Show HN, Ask HN, etc) and/or date. So I created a thin python wrapper on top of Algolia's Search API: https://github.com/santiagobasulto/python-hacker-news The…

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Hello community. Some time ago I was trying to create a project for my students using Hacker News data. As you might know, HN offers an official API [0], but it's based on Firebase and I felt it's main usage is to build clients, rather than consult data. I found out that Algolia also provides an official REST API [1]. It's exactly what I needed: the ability to "search" HN. Either by keywords, type of stories (Show HN, Ask HN, etc) and/or date. So I created a thin python wrapper on top of Algolia's Search API: https://github.com/santiagobasulto/python-hacker-news The library is in early stage, but already usable. A few examples: How to search posts from one user: results = search_by_date( author='pg', hits_per_page=1000) How to search posts by type (this would find this same post) results = search_by_date( 'thin python library', show_hn=True, hits_per_page=1000) I'm working on implementing the the other methods. If you have suggestions please bring them up! [0] https://github.com/HackerNews/API [1] https://hn.algolia.com/api

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