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A list of top ten posts from a subreddit using redditjs api. Working jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/KobaKhit/t42zkbnk/
<!-- Produces a responsive list of top ten posts from a subreddit /worldnews. Working jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/KobaKhit/t42zkbnk/ -->
<div id="posts">
<h2> Today's top ten news <small>from <a href = '//reddit.com/r/worldnews' target = '_blank'>/r/worldnews</a></small></h2>
<hr>
<ul class="list-unstyled"></ul>
</div>
<!-- JS -->
<script src="https://rawgit.com/sahilm/reddit.js/master/reddit.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://rawgit.com/davatron5000/FitText.js/master/jquery.fittext.js"></script> <!-- for text scaling -->
<script>
function correct_url(text) {
// Remove the slash from the end of the article link to pass to href
var html = $.trim(text);
if (html) {
html = html.replace(/(\/$)/, '');
}
return html;
}
function reddit_list(news) {
// Create alist of top ten posts
var l = $('#posts .list-unstyled');
// clear the existing list
$('#posts .list-unstyled li').remove();
$.each(news, function (index, obj) {
var link = correct_url(obj.url);
l.append($("<li></li>")
.append($("<p class = 're'></p>")
.append("<a class = 'title' target = '_blank' href = " + "http://www." + obj.domain + '></a>')
.append("<a target = '_blank' href = " + link + "><text class = 're-title'>" + obj.title + "</text><a/> <a target = '_blank' style = 'color:grey;outline:0' href=http://www." + obj.domain + '>(' + obj.domain + ')</a>'))
.append($("<p class='re-under'><a target = '_blank' href = " + 'http://reddit.com' + obj.permalink + " style = 'outline:0'><font color='grey'><b>(score: " + obj.score + ' | comments: ' + obj.num_comments + ') on reddit.com</b></font></a><p>'))
);
});
// Scale text so its responsive
jQuery(".re-under").fitText(6, {
minFontSize: '9px',
maxFontSize: '14px'
});
}
// Fetch the 10 top posts on /r/worldnews using redditjs api
var news = [];
reddit.top('worldnews').t('day').limit(10).fetch(function (res) {
// console.log(res);
for (var i = 0; i < res.data.children.length; i++) {
// res contains JSON parsed response from Reddit
news.push(res.data.children[i].data);
}
reddit_list(news);
});
</script>
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