package feed
import (
"fmt"
"html"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"time"
)
type subredditResponseJson struct {
Data struct {
Children []struct {
Data struct {
Title string `json:"title"`
Upvotes int `json:"ups"`
Url string `json:"url"`
Time float64 `json:"created"`
CommentsCount int `json:"num_comments"`
Domain string `json:"domain"`
Permalink string `json:"permalink"`
Stickied bool `json:"stickied"`
Pinned bool `json:"pinned"`
IsSelf bool `json:"is_self"`
Thumbnail string `json:"thumbnail"`
} `json:"data"`
} `json:"children"`
} `json:"data"`
}
func FetchSubredditPosts(subreddit string) (ForumPosts, error) {
requestUrl := fmt.Sprintf("https://www.reddit.com/r/%s/hot.json", url.QueryEscape(subreddit))
request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", requestUrl, nil)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// Required to increase rate limit, otherwise Reddit randomly returns 429 even after just 2 requests
addBrowserUserAgentHeader(request)
responseJson, err := decodeJsonFromRequest[subredditResponseJson](defaultClient, request)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if len(responseJson.Data.Children) == 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no posts found")
}
posts := make(ForumPosts, 0, len(responseJson.Data.Children))
for i := range responseJson.Data.Children {
post := &responseJson.Data.Children[i].Data
if post.Stickied || post.Pinned {
continue
}
forumPost := ForumPost{
Title: html.UnescapeString(post.Title),
DiscussionUrl: "https://www.reddit.com" + post.Permalink,
TargetUrlDomain: post.Domain,
CommentCount: post.CommentsCount,
Score: post.Upvotes,
TimePosted: time.Unix(int64(post.Time), 0),
}
if post.Thumbnail != "" && post.Thumbnail != "self" && post.Thumbnail != "default" {
forumPost.ThumbnailUrl = post.Thumbnail
}
if !post.IsSelf {
forumPost.TargetUrl = post.Url
}
posts = append(posts, forumPost)
}
posts.CalculateEngagement()
return posts, nil
}