MacStoriesWidget.js

let items = await loadItems()

// if (config.runsInWidget) {
  let widget = createWidget(items)
  Script.setWidget(widget)
  Script.complete()
// } else {
//   let item = items[0]
//   Safari.open(item.url)
// }

function createWidget(items) {
  let item = items[0]
  let authors = item.authors.map(a => {
    return a.name
  }).join(", ")
  let rawDate = item["date_published"]
  let date = new Date(Date.parse(rawDate))
  let df = new DateFormatter()
  df.useFullDateStyle()
  df.useShortTimeStyle()
  let strDate = df.string(date)
  let w = new ListWidget()
  w.backgroundColor = new Color("#b00a0f")
//   w.centerAlignContent()
  let titleTxt = w.addText(item.title)
//   titleTxt.applyHeadlineTextStyling()
  titleTxt.textColor = Color.white()
  let authorsTxt = w.addText("by " + authors)
//   authorsTxt.applyBodyTextStyling()
  authorsTxt.textColor = Color.white()
  authorsTxt.textOpacity = 0.8
  let dateTxt = w.addText(strDate)
//   dateTxt.applyBodyTextStyling()
  dateTxt.textColor = Color.white()
  dateTxt.textOpacity = 0.8
  return w
}
  
async function loadItems() {
  let url = "https://macstories.net/feed/json"
  let req = new Request(url)
  let json = await req.loadJSON()
  return json.items
}

function extractImageURL(item) {
  let regex = /<img src="(.*)" alt="/
  let html = item["content_html"]
  let matches = html.match(regex)
  if (matches && matches.length >= 2) {
    return matches[1]
  } else {
    return null
  }
}

function decode(str) {
  let regex = /&#(\d+);/g
  return str.replace(regex, (match, dec) => {
    return String.fromCharCode(dec)
  })
}