Show HN: A thin Python library to access HN data using Algolia's API https://ift.tt/30FAKmg

Show HN: 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://ift.tt/2Z4ngQG 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://ift.tt/1s98Sn3 [1] https://ift.tt/1eaWICc July 20, 2019 at 04:14PM