Add !hn command to get a random story from /best

handlers/hn/hn.go

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package hn
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"goirc/bot"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func Handle(params bot.HandlerParams) error {
+	resp, err := http.Get("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/beststories.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	ids := []int{}
+
+	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&ids)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	id := ids[rand.Intn(30)]
+
+	resp, err = http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/%d.json", id))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	var item struct {
+		Title string `json:"title"`
+		URL   string `json:"url"`
+	}
+	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&item)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	params.Privmsgf(params.Target, "%s - %s", item.Title, item.URL)
+
+	return nil
+}

main.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"goirc/handlers/day"
 	"goirc/handlers/epigram"
 	"goirc/handlers/gold"
+	"goirc/handlers/hn"
 	"goirc/handlers/kinfonet"
 	"goirc/handlers/mlb"
 	"goirc/handlers/weather"
@@ -95,4 +96,5 @@ func addHandlers(b *bot.Bot) {
 	b.Handle(`^!xweather (.+)$`, weather.XHandle)
 	b.Handle(`^!k`, kinfonet.TodaysQuoteHandler)
 	b.Handle(`^!gold`, gold.Handle)
+	b.Handle(`^!hn`, hn.Handle)
 }