ljdhar - Le Journal du Hacker Articles Retriever

This project use Puppeteer to retrieve the latest articles from Le Journal du Hacker.

📦 Installation

To install the project's dependencies, run the following command:

npm install ljdhar

👨‍💻 Usage

The index.ts file contains several functions that retrieve and sort articles from "Le Journal du Hacker".

• getPostToLJDH(numStories: number): Retrieves the latest articles from "Le Journal du Hacker". The number of articles to retrieve is specified by numStories. Returns an array of Story objects.
• sortedByScore(stories: Story[]): Sorts articles by score. Takes in an array of Story objects and returns a sorted array of Story objects.
• searchArticlesByTag(tag: string, numStories: number): Searches for articles by tag. Takes in a tag and the number of articles to retrieve, and returns an array of Story objects.
• searchArticles(search: string, numStories: number): Searches for articles by title. Takes in a search string and the number of articles to retrieve, and returns an array of Story objects.

Each Story object contains the details of an article, including the title, URL, score, tags, number of comments, and the author's username.

😄 Code Examples

import { getPostToLJDH, sortedByScore, searchArticlesByTag, searchArticles } from 'ljdhar';

// Get the latest 10 articles
getPostToLJDH(10).then(stories => console.log(stories));

// Get the latest 10 articles and sort them by score
getPostToLJDH(10).then(stories => {
  const sortedStories = sortedByScore(stories);
  console.log(sortedStories);
});

// Search for articles with the 'javascript' tag and retrieve the top 10
searchArticlesByTag('javascript', 10).then(stories => console.log(stories));

// Search for articles with the title containing 'hacker' and retrieve the top 10
searchArticles('hacker', 10).then(stories => console.log(stories));

⚠️ Known Issues

Error: Could not find Chrome (ver. xxx.x.xxxx.xxx). This can occur if either

This error occurs when you don't have chrome for puppeteer installed on your machine. To fix this error run the following command:

Try these commands

node ./node_modules/ljdhar/install.js

🔗 Links:

• NPM : https://www.npmjs.com/package/ljdhar
• Github : https://github.com/ethicalhcb/ljdhar

License

This project is under the MIT license.