An example to pull the most recent Earthrise stories

firebase_example.py

import firebase
import requests

fb = firebase.FirebaseApplication('https://overview-seeds.firebaseio.com', None)

def grab_stories(n):
	# Grab the most recent `n` stories from the Where to Look (WTL) firebase
	# dataset.  (Some of the stories are dated far into the future, hence the
	# `endAt` parameter.)
	today = date.today().isoformat()
	params={
		'orderBy': '"publication_date"', 
		'limitToLast': n,
		'endAt': '"%s"' % today
	}

	res = fb.get("/", "WTL", params=params)

	stories = res.values()
	sorted_stories = sorted(
		stories, 
		key=lambda x: x['publication_date'], 
		reverse=True
	)

	return sorted_stories