https://github.com/binghuan/hackernews_jobs_fetcher

https://github.com/binghuan/hackernews_jobs_fetcher

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/binghuan/hackernews_jobs_fetcher
• Owner: binghuan
• Created: 2024-07-25T19:48:50.000Z (5 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-25T19:54:32.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-25T22:46:51.293Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 484 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# HackerNews Jobs Fetcher

This is a shell script that fetches the latest job postings from Hacker News and stores them in a local SQLite database. It also allows you to search for job postings by keyword.

## Features

- Fetches the latest job postings from Hacker News

- Stores job details and webpage content in a local SQLite database

- Allows searching for job postings by keyword

- Displays search results with keyword highlighted

- Provides links back to the original Hacker News posts

- Avoids re-fetching job details if the URL has not changed

## Prerequisites

- Bash

- curl

- jq

- SQLite

## Installation

1. Clone this repository:

    ```sh

    git clone https://github.com/yourusername/hackernews-jobs-fetcher.git

    cd hackernews-jobs-fetcher

    ```

2. Ensure the script has executable permissions:

    ```sh

    chmod +x hackernews_jobs.sh

    ```

## Usage

### Fetching Jobs

To fetch the latest job postings from Hacker News and store them in the local database, run:

```sh

./hackernews_jobs.sh fetch

```

### Search Jobs

To fetch the latest job postings from Hacker News and store them in the local database, run:

```sh

./hackernews_jobs.sh search "keyword"

```

## Sample of output

![](./README/sample_of_output.png)