generate.js — react Source File

Source Code

'use strict';

const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const {writeFileSync} = require('fs');
const stories = 50;

async function getStory(id) {
  const storyRes = await fetch(
    `https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/${id}.json`
  );
  return await storyRes.json();
}

async function getTopStories() {
  const topStoriesRes = await fetch(
    'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.js'
  );
  const topStoriesIds = await topStoriesRes.json();

  const topStories = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < stories; i++) {
    const topStoriesId = topStoriesIds[i];

    topStories.push(await getStory(topStoriesId));
  }

  writeFileSync(
    'top-stories.json',
    `window.stories = ${JSON.stringify(topStories)}`
  );
}

getTopStories();