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hn-news 0.1.0
Hacker News CLI client
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.12

hn-news — Hacker News CLI client
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Technical summary
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`hn-news` is a small CLI and library that scrapes the Hacker News front page and prints the top headlines in a tidy, Rich-formatted list. It focuses on reliability and clear error handling (uses `httpx`, `beautifulsoup4`, and `rich`). The command-line entry point is provided as `hn-news` and the programmatic API exposes `HeadlineFetcher` for direct use in other Python code.

Key behaviors
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- Fetches and parses the Hacker News front page at `https://news.ycombinator.com`.
- Returns headlines as a list of `(title, url)` tuples. Relative links like `item?id=...` are normalized to absolute URLs.
- CLI options: configure number of headlines (`-n` / `--number`) and enable debug logging (`--debug`).
- Uses structured logging via `rich.logging.RichHandler` and prints errors to the console on failure.

Requirements
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- Python: >=3.12 (declared in `pyproject.toml`).
- Python packages: `httpx`, `beautifulsoup4`, `rich` (these are declared as project dependencies).

Installation
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Install from source (recommended for development):

```bash
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install .
```

Or install from a built wheel (after running a build):

```bash
python -m pip install dist/hn-news-<version>-py3-none-any.whl
```

Usage — CLI
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Show top 5 headlines (default):

```bash
hn-news
```

Show 10 headlines:

```bash
hn-news -n 10
```

Enable debug logging to see HTTP/parse debug messages:

```bash
hn-news --debug
```


License
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MIT