local PLUGIN = {} PLUGIN.typing = true -- usually takes a few seconds to load PLUGIN.doc = [[ /hackernews Returns some top stories from Hacker News. Four in a group or eight in a private message. ]] PLUGIN.triggers = { '^/hackernews', '^/hn$' } function PLUGIN.action(msg) local message = '' local jstr = HTTPS.request('https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json') local stories = JSON.decode(jstr) local limit = 4 if msg.chat.id == msg.from.id then limit = 8 end for i = 1, limit do url = 'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/'..stories[i]..'.json' jstr = HTTPS.request(url) jdat = JSON.decode(jstr) message = message .. jdat.title .. '\n' .. jdat.url .. '\n' end send_msg(msg, message) end return PLUGIN