Fetch a HackerNews article and all comments into a JSON document

hackernews.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
#    hackernews.py - fetch a hackernews article and comments into a json doc
#    Copyright (C) 2017 Dustin Kirkland
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#    Author: Dustin Kirkland
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import json
import requests
import sys

#https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/14002821.json?print=pretty
# Example:
#  ./hackernews.py $ARTICLE_NUMBER


def get_json_from_url(item):
	url = "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/%s.json" % item
	data = json.loads(requests.get(url=url).text)
	# Recursively fetch and insert all nested comments
	if "kids" in data and len(data["kids"]) > 0:
		for k in data["kids"]:
			data[k] = json.loads(get_json_from_url(k))
	return json.dumps(data)


data = json.loads(get_json_from_url(sys.argv[1]))
print(json.dumps(data, indent=4, sort_keys=False))

Hi,

Thanks for the code above, did you ever try to do it async?
i try to reuse your code and move it into async mode, but without a success

Nope, sorry, never tried it async. Honestly, I only ran it once, ever, and never again. And that was years ago.