I have not written about it yet, but the hacker-top program contains a python module called 'pyhackerstories.py' which you can import 'get_stories' function fro

I have not written about it yet, but the hacker-top program contains a python module called 'pyhackerstories.py' which you can import 'get_stories' function from. Then you can do tricks like these: >>> from pyhackerstories import get_stories >>> stories = get_stories() >>> for story in stories: ... print "%2d. %s (%d)" % (story.position, story.title, story.score) ... 1. Hans Reiser leads police to body, believed to be his wife (23) 2. Follow Hacker News from the Console (18) 3. Scaling on EC2 - WebMynd's experiences (YC Winter '08) (57) 4. Google Protocol Buffers - Open Sourced (19) 5. Balsamiq - Software and Website Mockup App (47) ... Cheers :)