hn-cli, a command-line tool to read HackerNews

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Installation

You’ll need first to install the Rust toolchain, then: cargo install hn-cli

Usage

List stories (add -p3 or --page 3 to display the third page):

• Top stories: hn or hn top or hn t
• New stories: hn new or hn n
• Best stories: hn best or hn b
• Show HN stories: hn show or hn s
• Ask HN stories: hn ask or hn a
• Job stories: hn job or hn j

After listing stories, note the index of the story you are interested in (let’s suppose it is 5), then:

• Show story details and comments: hn details 5 or hn d 5
• Open story link in your browser: hn open 5 or hn o 5

You can also display the details about a user with hn user the_user_name or hn u the_user.

Note: information is obtained by scraping the HackerNews website. The reason this crate does not use the official API is that it does not provide a convenient way to get all the comments for a given story.

License

MIT, see LICENSE.