package feed import ( "fmt" "html" "net/http" "net/url" "strings" "time" ) type subredditResponseJson struct { Data struct { Children []struct { Data struct { Id string `json:"id"` Title string `json:"title"` Upvotes int `json:"ups"` Url string `json:"url"` Time float64 `json:"created"` CommentsCount int `json:"num_comments"` Domain string `json:"domain"` Permalink string `json:"permalink"` Stickied bool `json:"stickied"` Pinned bool `json:"pinned"` IsSelf bool `json:"is_self"` Thumbnail string `json:"thumbnail"` } `json:"data"` } `json:"children"` } `json:"data"` } func FetchSubredditPosts(subreddit, sort, topPeriod, search, commentsUrlTemplate, requestUrlTemplate string) (ForumPosts, error) { query := url.Values{} var requestUrl string if search != "" { query.Set("q", search+" subreddit:"+subreddit) query.Set("sort", sort) } if sort == "top" { query.Set("t", topPeriod) } if search != "" { requestUrl = fmt.Sprintf("https://www.reddit.com/search.json?%s", query.Encode()) } else { requestUrl = fmt.Sprintf("https://www.reddit.com/r/%s/%s.json?%s", subreddit, sort, query.Encode()) } if requestUrlTemplate != "" { requestUrl = strings.ReplaceAll(requestUrlTemplate, "{REQUEST-URL}", requestUrl) } request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", requestUrl, nil) if err != nil { return nil, err } // Required to increase rate limit, otherwise Reddit randomly returns 429 even after just 2 requests addBrowserUserAgentHeader(request) responseJson, err := decodeJsonFromRequest[subredditResponseJson](defaultClient, request) if err != nil { return nil, err } if len(responseJson.Data.Children) == 0 { return nil, fmt.Errorf("no posts found") } posts := make(ForumPosts, 0, len(responseJson.Data.Children)) for i := range responseJson.Data.Children { post := &responseJson.Data.Children[i].Data if post.Stickied || post.Pinned { continue } var commentsUrl string if commentsUrlTemplate == "" { commentsUrl = "https://www.reddit.com" + post.Permalink } else { commentsUrl = strings.ReplaceAll(commentsUrlTemplate, "{SUBREDDIT}", subreddit) commentsUrl = strings.ReplaceAll(commentsUrl, "{POST-ID}", post.Id) commentsUrl = strings.ReplaceAll(commentsUrl, "{POST-PATH}", strings.TrimLeft(post.Permalink, "/")) } forumPost := ForumPost{ Title: html.UnescapeString(post.Title), DiscussionUrl: commentsUrl, TargetUrlDomain: post.Domain, CommentCount: post.CommentsCount, Score: post.Upvotes, TimePosted: time.Unix(int64(post.Time), 0), } if post.Thumbnail != "" && post.Thumbnail != "self" && post.Thumbnail != "default" { forumPost.ThumbnailUrl = post.Thumbnail } if !post.IsSelf { forumPost.TargetUrl = post.Url } posts = append(posts, forumPost) } return posts, nil }