Hacker news API consumer

Hacker news API consumer.

Consume endpoints

• item
• user
• maxitem
• topstories
• newstories
• beststories
• askstories
• showstories
• jobstories

Installation

npm install --save hacker-news-api-consumer

Usage

const { item, topstories } = require('hacker-news-api-consumer');
 
// Get item
item(121003).then(response => {
  // ...response object
}).catch(error => {
  // ...error object
});
 
// Get top stories
topstories().then(response => {
  // ...response object
}).catch(error => {
  // ...error object
});

Methods

Every method returns promise.

• Item - item(<id:number>)
• User - user(<id:string>)
• Max item - maxitem()
• Top stories - topstories()
• New stories - newstories()
• Best stories - beststories()
• Ask stories - askstories()
• Show stories - showstories()
• Job stories - jobstories()

Response schema

{
  status: '<number>',
  data: '<any>'
}

Error schema

{
  status: '<number>',
  error: '<string>'
}