nycurl
This is a web server that formats the latest news from the front page of the New York Times into a format that can be displayed in most terminals. A link to each article is included if the user wants to read the full article.
This project will no longer be updated or maintained as of August 2017. Please consider using its sister project getnews.tech, which uses the News API instead.
Example Output
$ curl nycurl.sytes.net?i=5
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ To find a list of sections to query, use: │
│ curl nycurl.sytes.net/help │
│ │
├───┬──────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ # │ Section │ Details │
├───┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 0 │ Arts │ Canada Debates Whether Gift of Leibovitz Photos │
│ │ │ Is Also a Tax Dodge │
│ │ │ Four years after the donation of 2,070 photos │
│ │ │ created by Annie Leibovitz to a Nova Scotia │
│ │ │ museum, a government panel is balking at its $20 │
│ │ │ million valuation. │
│ │ │ https://nyti.ms/2tH1g2N │
├───┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1 │ Books │ What Happens When Liberty Fails to Deliver │
│ │ │ In “The Retreat of Western Liberalism,” Edward │
│ │ │ Luce argues that the tradition of liberty is │
│ │ │ under mortal threat. │
│ │ │ https://nyti.ms/2tFDJ2g │
├───┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2 │ Briefing │ Senate, John McCain, Jeff Sessions: Your Tuesday │
│ │ │ Evening Briefing │
│ │ │ Here’s what you need to know at the end of the │
│ │ │ day. │
│ │ │ https://nyti.ms/2tHzEdW │
├───┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 3 │ Briefing │ Donald Trump, Republican Party, Russia: Your │
│ │ │ Wednesday Briefing │
│ │ │ Here’s what you need to know to start your day. │
│ │ │ https://nyti.ms/2tXFUtp │
├───┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 4 │ Business Day │ To Punish Putin, Economic Sanctions Are Unlikely │
│ │ │ to Do the Trick │
│ │ │ Using economic penalties to achieve diplomatic │
│ │ │ goals has a poor track record when the target is │
│ │ │ powerful and autocratic, and workarounds exist. │
│ │ │ https://nyti.ms/2tGwbwj │
├───┴──────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Follow @omgimanerd on Twitter and GitHub. │
│ Open source contributions are welcome! │
│ https://github.com/omgimanerd/nycurl │
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Usage
You can fetch the latest news simply by typing
curl nycurl.sytes.netThis application also accepts queries to the various sections of the NY Times.
curl nycurl.sytes.net/technology
curl nycurl.sytes.net/politicsGet a list of acceptable sections to query using:
curl nycurl.sytes.net/helpBy default, nycurl will format the table to be a max of 72 characters wide. If you would like to specify a custom width for your terminal, you can do so using:
curl nycurl.sytes.net?w=92
curl nycurl.sytes.net/technology?w=100You can also limit the number of articles to display.
curl nycurl.sytes.net?n=10
curl nycurl.sytes.net?n=12\&w=95Note that when combining the parameters on the command line as query parameters,
you must use \& to escape the ampersand character.
Contributing
Fork this repository and send me a pull request with any suggestions and changes. Use StandardJS to format your code.
You will need to acquire a Top Stories API Key from the New York Times and a URL Shortener API Key from Google Developers. Add them to your .bashrc or other environment variable configuration:
export NYTIMES_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY_HERE
export URL_SHORTENER_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY_HEREInstall the project dependencies:
npm install # or yarn install
webpack
Run the server:
node server.js