hackernews CLI

How to install

cd into the project's directory and run:

npm run install-hackernews

Note: If you don't already have NPM installed, you can get it here: https://nodejs.org/en/download/

How to run

Once you've installed the app, simply type:

hackernews --posts [number of posts]

or hackernews -p [number of posts] to log the desired number of posts in the console. Default is 30 if you run just hackernews. This CLI app is global, i.e., you can run hackernews cmd in Desktop or any other directory.

Libraries used:

• cheerio for HTML elements selection,
• node-fetch for fetch API,
• commander for running the program from a cmd line, and allowing custom command flags such as: hackernews -p 5, and hackernews --help.

Blog post on Medium

https://medium.com/@allegra9/web-scrape-hacker-news-with-node-js-e2973c1c9d16