"""
Hacker News search via Algolia API.
Filters for high-quality posts (>100 points) to find
substantive technical discussions.
"""
import logging
from typing import Any, Dict, List
import httpx
API_TIMEOUT = 30.0
async def search_hackernews(query: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Search Hacker News for high-quality tech discussions."""
try:
url = "https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search"
params = {
"query": query,
"tags": "story",
"numericFilters": "points>100",
}
async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=API_TIMEOUT) as client:
response = await client.get(url, params=params)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
results = []
for item in data.get("hits", [])[:10]:
results.append(
{
"title": item.get("title", ""),
"url": item.get(
"url",
f"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id={item.get('objectID', '')}",
),
"points": item.get("points", 0),
"comments": item.get("num_comments", 0),
"snippet": item.get("story_text", "")[:500],
}
)
return results
except Exception as e:
return []
