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usa-president-2016.el

;;; usa-president-2016.el --- Show USA president 2016 election -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-

;; Copyright (C) 2016 by Syohei YOSHIDA

;; Author: Syohei YOSHIDA <syohex@gmail.com>
;; URL: https://github.com/syohex/
;; Version: 0.01
;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24"))

;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
;; (at your option) any later version.

;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.

;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

(require 'url)
(require 'json)

(defun usa-president-2016 ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((curbuf (current-buffer)))
    (url-retrieve
     "http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2016/results/president.json"
     (lambda (status &rest args)
       (goto-char url-http-end-of-headers)
       (let* ((res (json-read-from-string (buffer-substring (point) (point-max))))
              (summaries (assoc-default 'summaries res))
              (president (assoc-default 'president summaries)))
         (with-current-buffer curbuf
           (setq-default  header-line-format
                          (format "Clinton(%d) vs Trump(%d)"
                                  (assoc-default 'nClintonElectoralVotes president)
                                  (assoc-default 'nTrumpElectoralVotes president))))
         (run-with-idle-timer 60 nil #'usa-president-2016)))
     nil t)))

(provide 'usa-president-2016)

;;; usa-president-2016.el ends here