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Browse Hacker News Like a Haxor

413 points by JasonNils 11y ago

andreicon 11y ago
lynx also does the job
- baldfat 11y ago
  I was just going to say this but add w3m. If anyone hasn't tried w3m for this purpose they should give it a 30 minute trial run. Also this has the same issue of not being able to vote or comment like many other Hacker News Apps.
  - azdle 11y ago
    Wow, this is actually very useable. It's actually super nice that it automatically uses my default editor for writing into textareas. Yay, using vim to comment on HN. EDIT: For anyone else that wants to try this, it seems you need to open it with `w3m -cookie news.ycombinator.com` to be able to stay logged-in.
  - arca_vorago 11y ago
    Also, as far as I know eww is now the main emacs ecosystem web browser. Works just as well as w3m and lynx do for me.
uberneo 11y ago
great documentation .. plus a very good reference for using Hackernews API .. great job
daw___ 11y ago
The autocompleter feature looks neat, it's built on top of python-prompt-toolkit [0]. [0] https://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit https://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit
- zypeh 11y ago
  Cool, just about to ask that.
- wale 11y ago
  So neat, good to know.
- redka 11y ago
  Does anyone know if something like this exists for other languages as well? Ruby, nodejs?
  - thousande 11y ago
    Have a look at Vorpal JS http://vorpal.js.org/ http://vorpal.js.org/ The vorpal object emits Inquirer[1] and Chalk[2] [1] https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/ https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/ [2] https://github.com/chalk/chalk https://github.com/chalk/chalk
- zuck9 11y ago
  I just installed this because the autocomplete looked cool in the screenshots and wanted to check it out live. I wish we could have this in fish shell.
steve371 11y ago
very cool. love the interaction. laughing at the quote. Coworker who sees me staring intently at a command prompt: Backs away, slowly...
- wale 11y ago
  Haha...right there. He's just gotta back away, no matter what's on cmd.
  - amelius 11y ago
    Of course, you could also just open the developer console of your browser. By the way, didn't we have a "boss key" for situations like this?
    - awqrre 11y ago
      Doesn't your boss have a remote desktop viewer?
      - deleted 11y ago
        [deleted]
      - jethro_tell 11y ago
        What? Like they look at your session while your logged in? Ha Ha fuck that shit. When do they have time to hand out hall passes? No my boss doesn't have a remote desktop client. The default install blocks the port inbound. If you need IT help you walk your ass down to IT. If your boss needs to see what you are doing, HR and Legal talk it over then take your laptop and send you home then send the machine to a real forensic examiner who will preserve chain of custody and not miss anything. Boss snooping is just bad for everyone. If you're not getting your work done that should be all the evidence she needs to help or fire you.
        AckSyn 11y ago
        That's a real rosy outlook you have there. Here's the real scenario: Boss walks to your cube with or without HR/Legal/Security/IT personnel and says "We need to look at your computer for a moment. Step aside." Unless you're doing anything illegal enough to get the feds or local government on you, they're going to take a look right there.
chris_wot 11y ago
It's... Gopher for HN?
- Jaruzel 11y ago
  Now there's a good idea. I might add a HN gateway to my Gopher server.
  - chris_wot 11y ago
    Oh boy - if you do, then please post to HN itself!
    - Jaruzel 11y ago
      I have recently written a 'modern' Gopher client and server for Windows. They are going through final testing at the moment, before I release them out into the world: http://www.weegeeks.com/upload/Jar-Gopher-Browser-Full-Screenshots.jpg http://www.weegeeks.com/upload/Jar-Gopher-Browser-Full-Scree...
      - chris_wot 11y ago
        Oh boy... post it on HN when you are done with it also :-) I'd love to see Gopher come back again.
notinventedhear 11y ago
Very cool, but why not use lynx?
- charlesdenault 11y ago
  Why not use cURL? This is a novelty! It's fun, it's a neat project to build something while likely learning something new.
- pmlnr 11y ago
  Or links2.
  - grimmdude 11y ago
    Or a web browser?
    - pmlnr 11y ago
      Sigh... "Coworker who sees me looking at something in a browser: "Glad you're not busy; I need you to do this, this, this..." Coworker who sees me staring intently at a command prompt: Backs away, slowly..." First 2 lines of the text behind the link.
infodroid 11y ago
This is a refreshing alternative to existing tools like my long-time favourite pyhn [1] as well as the newly-announced go-hn [2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5013321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5013321 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11479014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11479014
lawrencegs 11y ago
This is amazing. Also love the syntax color scheme
cmiller1 11y ago
I already use w3m to read hacker news most of the time anyways.
- monsieurbanana 11y ago
  I use emacs' built-in browser (eww) when I want to procrastinate in peace.
nxzero 11y ago
Really wish the HN-API supported pushing data to HN. Has this ever been offically addressed and if so where?
alexellisuk 11y ago
I really like the user interface for this (color-coding and auto-complete are nice). I'm also trying out w3m.. which seems a bit more usable thank I found `links` previously.
deleted 11y ago
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brbsix 11y ago
I know we're supposed to be focused on the end-result, but I'm really just in awe of the code. Everything is so incredibly well documented, tested, and structured. I already see a few things I want to borrow... will definitely be coming back to this project for ideas.
- sikhnerd 11y ago
  I second this. I recently made a simple command line tool for my coworkers using several of the same libraries used here, but this is so much cleaner and better organized than what I threw together. Definitely will be reviewing this codebase for inspiration when I get a chance to refactor.
- Arkanosis 11y ago
  Came here to say this. The README.md alone is one of the most amazing piece of documentation I've ever been given to read. Kudos for this!
- dev1n 11y ago
  This guy started committing for this project back in November of this year [1]. This was a true labor of love if I ever saw one. [1]: https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news/commits/master?page=16 https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news/commits/master?pag...
  - executesorder66 11y ago
    >back in November of this year Teach me your ways.
    - dev1n 11y ago
      Darn that one slipped. I wasn't supposed to tell anyone about the time machine.
  - clio 11y ago
    Why labor of love?
fak3r 11y ago
It's pronounced `hax0r`
- OJFord 11y ago
  It's spelled 'spelled'.
excalibur 11y ago
This is very cool, but even with the cli it still looks unmistakably like web content.
- strgrd 11y ago
  There should be different obfuscation modes to disguise the content for your relevant work environment.
bl4ckdu5t 11y ago
It's just so neat and considering I usually have too many browser tabs open and still want to have hn open without having more tabs. Loving it
jcoffland 11y ago
I would like to use this but until you can comment and vote it is of limited value.
pyrrhotech 11y ago
this is why I'm a big fan of the command line browser lynx. This is a bit of an improvement over my usual lynx https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com (aliased to lynxhn), but not sure it's worth it to add a one-off when my current tool is so flexible. I frequently use lynx to browse not only HN but also reddit, wikipedia and even do google searches.
therealdrag0 11y ago
Very nice theme.
canweriotnow 11y ago
I thought we resolved this with hackernews.el - why would you read hackernews with anything but Emacs? IT MAKES NO SENSE>
- jethro_tell 11y ago
  Because emacs?
nogbit 11y ago
Ive been using http://hckrnews.com http://hckrnews.com since it's launch long ago. If I go on vacation, and come back, simply filter for top 10, or, if I have loads of time look top 50%. It's great!
FajitaNachos 11y ago
The author's GitHub graph is pretty epic... Not to mention his 495 day commit streak.
mjdude 11y ago
Amazing readme. This project is so well documented.
0x54MUR41 11y ago
What is Haxor?
- ngzhian 11y ago
  From https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news/blob/master/haxor_news/lib/haxor/haxor.py https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news/blob/master/haxor_... haxor Unofficial Python wrapper for official Hacker News API
  - 0x54MUR41 11y ago
    Ah, thanks @ngzhian.
pussinboots 11y ago
test comment
julian_t 11y ago
Very neat, but am I missing something obvious... I can get the top 10, but how can I page through posts? I often find that if I've been away from HN for a day or two that there's interesting stuff way down the list.

413 points by JasonNils 11y ago

andreicon 11y ago

lynx also does the job

baldfat 11y ago
I was just going to say this but add w3m. If anyone hasn't tried w3m for this purpose they should give it a 30 minute trial run. Also this has the same issue of not being able to vote or comment like many other Hacker News Apps.
- azdle 11y ago
  Wow, this is actually very useable. It's actually super nice that it automatically uses my default editor for writing into textareas. Yay, using vim to comment on HN. EDIT: For anyone else that wants to try this, it seems you need to open it with `w3m -cookie news.ycombinator.com` to be able to stay logged-in.
- arca_vorago 11y ago
  Also, as far as I know eww is now the main emacs ecosystem web browser. Works just as well as w3m and lynx do for me.

uberneo 11y ago

great documentation .. plus a very good reference for using Hackernews API .. great job

daw___ 11y ago

The autocompleter feature looks neat, it's built on top of python-prompt-toolkit [0]. [0] https://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit https://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit

zypeh 11y ago
Cool, just about to ask that.
wale 11y ago
So neat, good to know.
redka 11y ago
Does anyone know if something like this exists for other languages as well? Ruby, nodejs?
- thousande 11y ago
  Have a look at Vorpal JS http://vorpal.js.org/ http://vorpal.js.org/ The vorpal object emits Inquirer[1] and Chalk[2] [1] https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/ https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/ [2] https://github.com/chalk/chalk https://github.com/chalk/chalk
zuck9 11y ago
I just installed this because the autocomplete looked cool in the screenshots and wanted to check it out live. I wish we could have this in fish shell.

steve371 11y ago

very cool. love the interaction. laughing at the quote. Coworker who sees me staring intently at a command prompt: Backs away, slowly...

wale 11y ago
Haha...right there. He's just gotta back away, no matter what's on cmd.
- amelius 11y ago
  Of course, you could also just open the developer console of your browser. By the way, didn't we have a "boss key" for situations like this?
  - awqrre 11y ago
    Doesn't your boss have a remote desktop viewer?
    - deleted 11y ago
      [deleted]
    - jethro_tell 11y ago
      What? Like they look at your session while your logged in? Ha Ha fuck that shit. When do they have time to hand out hall passes? No my boss doesn't have a remote desktop client. The default install blocks the port inbound. If you need IT help you walk your ass down to IT. If your boss needs to see what you are doing, HR and Legal talk it over then take your laptop and send you home then send the machine to a real forensic examiner who will preserve chain of custody and not miss anything. Boss snooping is just bad for everyone. If you're not getting your work done that should be all the evidence she needs to help or fire you.
      - AckSyn 11y ago
        That's a real rosy outlook you have there. Here's the real scenario: Boss walks to your cube with or without HR/Legal/Security/IT personnel and says "We need to look at your computer for a moment. Step aside." Unless you're doing anything illegal enough to get the feds or local government on you, they're going to take a look right there.

chris_wot 11y ago

It's... Gopher for HN?

Jaruzel 11y ago
Now there's a good idea. I might add a HN gateway to my Gopher server.
- chris_wot 11y ago
  Oh boy - if you do, then please post to HN itself!
  - Jaruzel 11y ago
    I have recently written a 'modern' Gopher client and server for Windows. They are going through final testing at the moment, before I release them out into the world: http://www.weegeeks.com/upload/Jar-Gopher-Browser-Full-Screenshots.jpg http://www.weegeeks.com/upload/Jar-Gopher-Browser-Full-Scree...
    - chris_wot 11y ago
      Oh boy... post it on HN when you are done with it also :-) I'd love to see Gopher come back again.

notinventedhear 11y ago

Very cool, but why not use lynx?

charlesdenault 11y ago
Why not use cURL? This is a novelty! It's fun, it's a neat project to build something while likely learning something new.
pmlnr 11y ago
Or links2.
- grimmdude 11y ago
  Or a web browser?
  - pmlnr 11y ago
    Sigh... "Coworker who sees me looking at something in a browser: "Glad you're not busy; I need you to do this, this, this..." Coworker who sees me staring intently at a command prompt: Backs away, slowly..." First 2 lines of the text behind the link.

infodroid 11y ago

This is a refreshing alternative to existing tools like my long-time favourite pyhn [1] as well as the newly-announced go-hn [2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5013321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5013321 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11479014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11479014

lawrencegs 11y ago

This is amazing. Also love the syntax color scheme

cmiller1 11y ago

I already use w3m to read hacker news most of the time anyways.

monsieurbanana 11y ago
I use emacs' built-in browser (eww) when I want to procrastinate in peace.

nxzero 11y ago

Really wish the HN-API supported pushing data to HN. Has this ever been offically addressed and if so where?

alexellisuk 11y ago

I really like the user interface for this (color-coding and auto-complete are nice). I'm also trying out w3m.. which seems a bit more usable thank I found `links` previously.

deleted 11y ago

[deleted]

brbsix 11y ago

I know we're supposed to be focused on the end-result, but I'm really just in awe of the code. Everything is so incredibly well documented, tested, and structured. I already see a few things I want to borrow... will definitely be coming back to this project for ideas.

sikhnerd 11y ago
I second this. I recently made a simple command line tool for my coworkers using several of the same libraries used here, but this is so much cleaner and better organized than what I threw together. Definitely will be reviewing this codebase for inspiration when I get a chance to refactor.
Arkanosis 11y ago
Came here to say this. The README.md alone is one of the most amazing piece of documentation I've ever been given to read. Kudos for this!
dev1n 11y ago
This guy started committing for this project back in November of this year [1]. This was a true labor of love if I ever saw one. [1]: https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news/commits/master?page=16 https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news/commits/master?pag...
- executesorder66 11y ago
  >back in November of this year Teach me your ways.
  - dev1n 11y ago
    Darn that one slipped. I wasn't supposed to tell anyone about the time machine.
- clio 11y ago
  Why labor of love?

fak3r 11y ago

It's pronounced `hax0r`

OJFord 11y ago
It's spelled 'spelled'.

excalibur 11y ago

This is very cool, but even with the cli it still looks unmistakably like web content.

strgrd 11y ago
There should be different obfuscation modes to disguise the content for your relevant work environment.

bl4ckdu5t 11y ago

It's just so neat and considering I usually have too many browser tabs open and still want to have hn open without having more tabs. Loving it

jcoffland 11y ago

I would like to use this but until you can comment and vote it is of limited value.

pyrrhotech 11y ago

this is why I'm a big fan of the command line browser lynx. This is a bit of an improvement over my usual lynx https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com (aliased to lynxhn), but not sure it's worth it to add a one-off when my current tool is so flexible. I frequently use lynx to browse not only HN but also reddit, wikipedia and even do google searches.

therealdrag0 11y ago

Very nice theme.

canweriotnow 11y ago

I thought we resolved this with hackernews.el - why would you read hackernews with anything but Emacs? IT MAKES NO SENSE>

jethro_tell 11y ago
Because emacs?

nogbit 11y ago

Ive been using http://hckrnews.com http://hckrnews.com since it's launch long ago. If I go on vacation, and come back, simply filter for top 10, or, if I have loads of time look top 50%. It's great!

FajitaNachos 11y ago

The author's GitHub graph is pretty epic... Not to mention his 495 day commit streak.

mjdude 11y ago

Amazing readme. This project is so well documented.

0x54MUR41 11y ago

What is Haxor?

ngzhian 11y ago
From https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news/blob/master/haxor_news/lib/haxor/haxor.py https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news/blob/master/haxor_... haxor Unofficial Python wrapper for official Hacker News API
- 0x54MUR41 11y ago
  Ah, thanks @ngzhian.

pussinboots 11y ago

test comment

julian_t 11y ago

Very neat, but am I missing something obvious... I can get the top 10, but how can I page through posts? I often find that if I've been away from HN for a day or two that there's interesting stuff way down the list.