An example file for using reddit API with Go.

reddit_example.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"menteslibres.net/gosexy/rest"
	"menteslibres.net/gosexy/to"
	"net/url"
	"time"
)

type RedditResponse struct {
	Data struct {
		Children []struct {
			Data Post `json:"data"`
		} `json:"children"`
	} `json:"data"`
}

type Post struct {
	Thumbnail  string `json:"thumbnail"`
	Ups        uint   `json:"ups"`
	Downs      uint   `json:"downs"`
	Url        string `json:"url"`
	Title      string `json:"title"`
	CreatedUTC Time   `json:"created_utc"`
}

type Time struct {
	time.Time
}

func (self *Time) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	// Time values are returned like 123456789.0, that does not unmarshal nicely
	// into a float, integer nor a time.Time, so we had to unmarshal it by
	// wrapping time.Time and adding a custom unmarshaler.
	self.Time = time.Unix(0, 0).UTC()
	self.Time = self.Time.Add(to.Duration(string(data) + "s"))
	return nil
}

func main() {
	var err error

	data := RedditResponse{}
	err = rest.Get(&data, "http://www.reddit.com/r/pics.json", url.Values{"limit": {"100"}})

	if err == nil {
		for _, child := range data.Data.Children {
			fmt.Println("Title: ", child.Data.Title, "(ups: ", child.Data.Ups, ", downs: ", child.Data.Downs, ")")
			fmt.Println("URL: ", child.Data.Url)
			fmt.Printf("Date: %v\n", child.Data.CreatedUTC)
			fmt.Println("--")
		}
	}

}