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Mikubot-2/plugins/hackernews.lua
2015-07-08 03:38:04 -04:00

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Lua

local PLUGIN = {}
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