Unofficial REST API for Hacker News. Built using HackerNewsAPI.
Now uses memcached for increased performace!
$ brew install memcached # install memcached
$ pip install -r requirements.txt # install dependencies
$ memcached -vv # start memcached server
$ python app.py # start the api
$ pip install -r requirements.txt # install dependencies
$ heroku create
$ heroku addons:add memcachedcloud
$ heroku addons:add newrelic
$ (git add, git commit)
$ git push heroku master
If you get an error on the memcached line, see the following help article.
Base URL: http://hnify.herokuapp.com
Output: JSON
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
limit |
integer | Return only at most these many stories, at least 30 |
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
limit |
integer | Return only at most these many stories, at least 30 |
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
limit |
integer | Return only at most these many stories, at least 30 |
karan:$ curl -i http://hnify.herokuapp.com/get/newest
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:23:39 GMT
Server: gunicorn/18.0
Content-Length: 16562
Connection: keep-alive
{
"stories": [
{
"comments_link": "http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6632337",
"domain": "independent.co.uk",
"is_self": false,
"link": "http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/lifi-breakthrough-internet-connections-using-light-bulbs-are-250-times-faster-than-broadband-8909320.html",
"num_comments": 0,
"points": 1,
"published_time": "1 minute ago",
"rank": 1,
"story_id": 6632337,
"submitter": "yapcguy",
"submitter_profile": "http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=yapcguy",
"title": "Li-Fi: Internet connections using light bulbs are 250 x faster than broadband"
},
{
"comments_link": "http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6632335",
"domain": "github.com",
"is_self": false,
"link": "https://github.com/postmodern/chruby",
"num_comments": 0,
"points": 2,
"published_time": "1 minute ago",
"rank": 2,
"story_id": 6632335,
"submitter": "michaelrkn",
"submitter_profile": "http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=michaelrkn",
"title": "Chruby: a lightweight, elegant RVM alternative"
},
<-- snip -->
]
}
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