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Hacker News on the Terminal

License: MIT License

Ruby 100.00%

hacker_term's Introduction

hacker_term

Hacker News on the Terminal.

Requirements

Ruby 1.9.3

Installation

Install with gem install hacker_term
Run using hacker_term
Tests included; I run them using rspec -fd in the project directory

Overview

See the front page of HN, use the arrow keys to browse and open particular items in the default system browser.

Uses the Ruby curses library to create a terminal UI.
Captures keyboard events to allow browsing of the HN front page from the terminal.
Tested (and looks colourful) on OSX Mountain Lion, but some functionality may be lost on other flavours of Linux.
Not tested and verified on anything other than the basic OSX terminal application - but may well work anyway.
Uses the HN feed available at http://hndroidapi.appspot.com - without that resource this project would not exist.
Sorting options included.
Some stats included.
Blog post here: http://flydillonfly.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/hacker-news-in-your-terminal/

Background

This project was created to allow me to scratch a particular programming itch after reading about https://github.com/etsy/mctop. It brought me back to my days in college coding in C where everything was a terminal program!

Please enjoy/contribute/ignore as you see fit.

hacker_term's People

Contributors

Stargazers

Watchers

Forkers

emidln timraymond rayleyva utkarshkukreti ritchiea 99plus2 timpetricola zlx codelogs sunsations parasquid jamo codelurker gibbonsd1 tykus queer1 leo424y

hacker_term's Issues

Error when starting hacker_term

I've installed hacker_term with the command:
gem install hacker_term.

No warnings during install when starting it gives this:

/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in gem_original_require': no such file to load -- json (LoadError) from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:inrequire'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/hacker_term-0.0.3/bin/../lib/hacker_term/page_data.rb:1
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in gem_original_require' from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:inrequire'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/hacker_term-0.0.3/bin/../lib/hacker_term.rb:1
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in gem_original_require' from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:inrequire'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/hacker_term-0.0.3/bin/hacker_term:3
from /usr/bin/hacker_term:23:in `load'
from /usr/bin/hacker_term:23

Thanks in advance.

os x bug?

I don't know if this is specific to os x or just to the retina mac but this is how it looks for me once I press any key.

Missing or Invalid Application API Token

It appears your proxy is down....

jdyer@retina:~ » gem install hacker_term
Fetching: clipboard-1.0.5.gem (100%)
       ┌── info ──────────────────────────────┐
 J-_-L │ http://github.com/janlelis/clipboard │
       ├── usage ─────────────────────────────┤
       │ require 'clipboard'                  │
       │ Clipboard.copy '42'                  │
       │ Clipboard.paste #=> 42               │
       └──────────────────────────────────────┘
Fetching: hacker_term-0.0.6.gem (100%)
Successfully installed clipboard-1.0.5
Successfully installed hacker_term-0.0.6
2 gems installed
jdyer@retina:~ » RezWhack
jdyer@retina:~ » hacker_term                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1 ↵
/Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/lib/hacker_term/page_data.rb:100:in `block in add_missing_keys!': undefined method `has_key?' for "Missing or Invalid Application API Token":String (NoMethodError)
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/lib/hacker_term/page_data.rb:97:in `each'
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/lib/hacker_term/page_data.rb:97:in `add_missing_keys!'
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/lib/hacker_term/page_data.rb:22:in `initialize'
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/lib/hacker_term.rb:80:in `new'
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/lib/hacker_term.rb:80:in `load'
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/lib/hacker_term.rb:11:in `initialize'
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/bin/hacker_term:5:in `new'
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/bin/hacker_term:5:in `<top (required)>'
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/bin/hacker_term:23:in `load'
    from /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/bin/hacker_term:23:in `<main>'
jdyer@retina:~ » vim /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/lib/hacker_term/page_data.rb                                                                                                                                        1 ↵
jdyer@retina:~ » vim /Users/jdyer/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p429/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.6/lib/hacker_term/page_data.rb
jdyer@retina:~ »

When I curl your API I see the following

jdyer@retina:~ » curl http://hndroidapi.appspot.com/news/format/json/page/
{"items":["Missing or Invalid Application API Token"]}%                                                                                                                                                                                                                         jdyer@retina:~ »

Error opening terminal

I'm unable to open hacker_term on OS X using iTerm2/Terminal.app:

% hacker_term
Error opening terminal: xterm-256color.
% TERM=xterm hacker_term
Error opening terminal: xterm.
% env
PATH=/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p327/bin:/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p327@global/bin:/Users/alake/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/bin:/Users/alake/.rvm/bin:/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Users/alake/.rvm/bin
TMPDIR=/var/folders/ps/vpt_m9rj6tnbc2h8z7vyb3h40000gn/T/
SHELL=/bin/zsh
HOME=/Users/alake
USER=alake
LOGNAME=alake
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-rQvB43/Listeners
Apple_Ubiquity_Message=/tmp/launch-1G7RFZ/Apple_Ubiquity_Message
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-5xgia3/Render
__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
COMMAND_MODE=unix2003
TERM_PROGRAM=iTerm.app
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PWD=/Users/alake
ITERM_PROFILE=Default
TERM=xterm-256color
ITERM_SESSION_ID=w0t2p0
SHLVL=1
OLDPWD=/Users/alake
GREP_OPTIONS=--color=auto
GREP_COLOR=1;32
PAGER=less
LESS=-R
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
LSCOLORS=Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
rvm_prefix=/Users/alake
rvm_path=/Users/alake/.rvm
__array_start=1
rvm_bin_path=/Users/alake/.rvm/bin
escape_flag=1
_first=1
_second=2
rvm_version=1.17.3 (master)
rvm_env_string=ruby-1.9.3-p327
rvm_ruby_string=ruby-1.9.3-p327
RUBY_VERSION=ruby-1.9.3-p327
GEM_HOME=/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p327
GEM_PATH=/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p327:/Users/alake/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-    p327@global
MY_RUBY_HOME=/Users/alake/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327
IRBRC=/Users/alake/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/.irbrc
EDITOR=vim
_=/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/env

Please remove issue

Sorry, my mistake. This issue has now been sent as

JSON::ParserError

Immediately upon running the hacker_term command:

/usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/lib/ruby/1.9.1/json/common.rb:148:in `parse': 387: unexpected token at '{"title":""Major service outage"","url":"https:\/\/status.github.com\/messages","score":"61 points","user":"yogipatel","comments":"44 comments","time":"9 hours ago","item_id":"5029160","description":"61 points points by yogipatel 9 hours ago | 44 comments"},{"title":"The Rise and Fall of Languages in 2012","url":"http:\/\/www.drdobbs.com\/jvm\/the-rise-and-fall-of-languages-in-2012\/240145800","score":"32 points","user":"wmat","comments":"14 comments","time":"7 hours ago","item_id":"5029514","description":"32 points points by wmat 7 hours ago | 14 comments"},{"title":"Eve of Disaster","url":"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2013\/01\/04\/why_2013_looks_a_lot_like_1913?page=full","score":"20 points","user":"ph0rque","comments":"18 comments","time":"6 hours ago","item_id":"5029761","description":"20 points points by ph0rque 6 hours ago | 18 comments"},{"title":"Survey says Facebook still in use by young, but Snapchat\/Instagram are real","url":"http:\/\/blog.garrytan.com\/tenth-grade-tech-trends-my-survey-data-says-s","score":"87 points","user":"garry","comments":"47 comments","time":"15 hours ago","item_id":"5027306","description":"87 points points by garry 15 hours ago | 47 comments"},{"title":"U.S. State Dept Releases 108 Volumes of \u201cForeign Relations of U.S.\u201d as eBooks","url":"http:\/\/www.infodocket.com\/2013\/01\/07\/u-s-state-department-108-volumes-of-foreign-relations-of-the-united-states-now-available-in-two-ebook-formats\/","score":"27 points","user":"tvarchives","comments":"5 comments","time":"7 hours ago","item_id":"5029647","description":"27 points points by tvarchives 7 hours ago | 5 comments"},{"title":"Analysis of Rails XML Parameter Parsing Vulnerability","url":"http:\/\/www.insinuator.net\/2013\/01\/rails-yaml\/","score":"69 points","user":"10char","comments":"2 comments","time":"12 hours ago","item_id":"5028455","description":"69 points points by 10char 12 hours ago | 2 comments"},{"title":"Meet the Man Behind America\u2019s Most Dangerous Mail-Order Kits","url":"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgetlab\/2013\/01\/information_unlimited\/","score":"119 points","user":"jalanco","comments":"45 comments","time":"18 hours ago","item_id":"5026178","description":"119 points points by jalanco 18 hours ago | 45 comments"},{"title":"How To Fire A Co-Founder","url":"http:\/\/blog.eladgil.com\/2013\/01\/how-to-fire-co-founder.html","score":"97 points","user":"eladgil","comments":"25 comments","time":"16 hours ago","item_id":"5026983","description":"97 points points by eladgil 16 hours ago | 25 comments"},{"title":"Giant squid filmed in Pacific depths, Japan scientists report","url":"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2013-01-giant-squid-pacific-depths-japan.html","score":"102 points","user":"valuegram","comments":"39 comments","time":"16 hours ago","item_id":"5026950","description":"102 points points by valuegram 16 hours ago | 39 comments"},{"title":"NextId","url":"\/news2","description":"n\/a (HNDroidAPI PHP Parser - FJGProjects)"} (JSON::ParserError)
]}'
    from /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/lib/ruby/1.9.1/json/common.rb:148:in `parse'
    from /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.5/lib/hacker_term/page_data.rb:17:in `initialize'
    from /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.5/lib/hacker_term.rb:80:in `new'
    from /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.5/lib/hacker_term.rb:80:in `load'
    from /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.5/lib/hacker_term.rb:11:in `initialize'
    from /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.5/bin/hacker_term:5:in `new'
    from /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.5/bin/hacker_term:5:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/bin/hacker_term:23:in `load'
    from /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.3.0/versions/1.9.3-p327-perf/bin/hacker_term:23:in `<main>'

Refresh Bug

Not sure if that's only happening here. When the program is newly started or refreshed, move line the first time will push the display to bottom.

cannot load such file -- curses

hacker_term can't find curses. What is this?

~$ hacker_term
/home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': cannot load such file -- curses (LoadError)
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.4/lib/hacker_term/ui.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.4/lib/hacker_term.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/hacker_term-0.0.4/bin/hacker_term:3:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/bin/hacker_term:23:in `load'
    from /home/user/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p362/bin/hacker_term:23:in `<main>'