HackerNews+ | Top Stories Scraper

Overview

HackerNews+ is a Python-based web scraper that extracts top-voted stories (100+ points) from Hacker News and generates a webpage displaying the results.

Features

Scrapes multiple pages of Hacker News
Filters stories with 100+ votes
Sorts stories in descending order by vote count
Generates a styled HTML file (output.html)
Automatically opens the generated page in a browser

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How It Works

1. Sends requests to Hacker News pages using requests.
2. Parses the HTML using BeautifulSoup.
3. Extracts titles, links, and vote counts for posts with 100+ votes.
4. Sorts the posts in descending order based on votes.
5. Uses Jinja2 templating to dynamically create an HTML page.
6. Applies CSS styling for better readability.
7. Opens the generated webpage automatically after execution.

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Installation

Ensure you have Python 3.x installed.
Then, install the required dependencies:

pip install requests beautifulsoup4 jinja2

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Usage

Run the script by executing the following command:

python main.py

When prompted, enter the number of pages you wish to scrape.

• The script will fetch and process the Hacker News posts.
• A new file, output.html, will be created with the extracted stories.
• The file will automatically open in your default web browser.

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Customization

You can modify the HTML template (templates/index.html) and CSS styles (static/style.css) to enhance the appearance of the generated page.

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