RedditViewer.js

// Shows latest news from MacStories in a table.
// The table shows an image from the article, if available, and the title of the article.

// let rReddit = "scriptable"


let inputStr = args.widgetParameter
// if exclude itrms, this meeds to be higger than vLimit
// logError(inputStr)
if ( inputStr == null ) { inputStr = "apollo@scriptable@1" }
let vRedditLimit = 15
let vLimit = 4
let vItemCount = 1
var res = inputStr.split("@")
let rReddit = res[1]
let baseURL = "www.reddit.com/r/"
let url = "https://" + baseURL + rReddit + "/new.json?limit=" + vRedditLimit + "&show=all"
let req = new Request(url)
let json = await req.loadJSON()
let items = json.data.children

let appURL = res[0] + "://" + baseURL + rReddit

let widget = createWidget(items)
if (config.runsInWidget) {
  Script.setWidget(widget)
  Script.complete()
} else {
//     QuickLook.present(createWidget(items));
    widget.presentMedium()
    if ( res[2] != 1 ) {
      Safari.open(appURL)
    }
}


function createWidget(items) {
//   let item = items[0]
  let w = new ListWidget()
//   w.backgroundColor = new Color("#47761E")
   w.backgroundColor = new Color("#000000")
  
//   const bgColor = new LinearGradient()
//   bgColor.colors = [new Color("#1c1c1c"), new Color("#29323c")]
//   bgColor.locations = [0.0, 1.0]
//   w.backgroundGradient = bgColor
//   w.centerAlignContent()
//   w.addSpacer()
let simpleEmoji = new Font("Menlo-Regular", 10)
let mainText = new Font("GillSans-SemiBold", 14)

let header = w.addText("r/" + rReddit)
header.textColor = new Color("#33ff00")
header.textSize = 10
header.centerAlignText()


    for (item of items) {
      if (! item.data.title.includes("Questions Thread ") && vItemCount <= vLimit ) {
        vItemCount = vItemCount + 1
        var myDate = new Date(item.data.created_utc * 1000)
        var myFormDate = addZero(myDate.getHours()) + ":" + addZero(myDate.getMinutes())
        
        let linkToPost = item.data.permalink
        
        let titleTxt = w.addText("• " + item.data.title)
//           titleTxt.applyHeadlineTextStyling()
          titleTxt.textColor = Color.white()
//           titleTxt.textSize = 12
          titleTxt.font = mainText
        let subTitle = w.addText("✾ " + item.data.author + " ↑ " + ("0000" + item.data.score).slice (-3) + " ✐ " + ("0000" + item.data.num_comments).slice (-3) + " ◔ " + myFormDate)
          subTitle.font = simpleEmoji
          subTitle.textColor = Color.gray()
          subTitle.rightAlignText()
        
      }
       
//         score
// num_comments
// 💬 🗨 ✐
// ⬆️ ↑ ⇧ ▲ 
// 
    
    }
// this is for the footer update time (not needed)
//   var nowDate = new Date()
//   var nowFormDate = addZero(nowDate.getHours()) + ":" + addZero(nowDate.getMinutes())
//   let footer = w.addText("Last Updated: " + nowFormDate)
//   footer.textColor = Color.gray()
//   footer.rightAlignText()
   return w
}

function addZero(i) {
  if (i < 10) {
    i = "0" + i;
  }
  return i;
}