// devto latest — newest dev.to articles, regardless of tag. // // Hits the public `/api/articles/latest` endpoint. Complements the existing // `devto top` (most-reactioned) and `devto tag` (filtered) commands by // surfacing the firehose of brand-new posts. import { cli, Strategy } from '@jackwener/opencli/registry'; import { ArgumentError, CommandExecutionError, EmptyResultError } from '@jackwener/opencli/errors'; function requireBoundedInt(value, defaultValue, maxValue) { const raw = value ?? defaultValue; const n = typeof raw === 'number' ? raw : Number(raw); if (!Number.isInteger(n) || n <= 0) { throw new ArgumentError('devto limit must be a positive integer'); } if (n > maxValue) { throw new ArgumentError(`devto limit must be <= ${maxValue}`); } return n; } cli({ site: 'devto', name: 'latest', access: 'read', description: 'Newest dev.to articles (firehose, all tags)', domain: 'dev.to', strategy: Strategy.PUBLIC, browser: false, args: [ { name: 'limit', type: 'int', default: 20, help: 'Articles per page (1-100)' }, { name: 'page', type: 'int', default: 1, help: 'Page number (1-based)' }, ], columns: ['rank', 'id', 'title', 'author', 'tags', 'reactions', 'comments', 'published', 'url'], func: async (args) => { const limit = requireBoundedInt(args.limit, 20, 100); const page = requireBoundedInt(args.page, 1, 1000); const url = `https://dev.to/api/articles/latest?per_page=${limit}&page=${page}`; let resp; try { resp = await fetch(url, { headers: { accept: 'application/json' } }); } catch (err) { throw new CommandExecutionError( `devto latest request failed: ${err?.message ?? err}`, 'Check that dev.to is reachable from this network.', ); } if (!resp.ok) { throw new CommandExecutionError(`devto latest returned HTTP ${resp.status}`); } let body; try { body = await resp.json(); } catch (err) { throw new CommandExecutionError(`devto latest returned malformed JSON: ${err?.message ?? err}`); } const list = Array.isArray(body) ? body : []; if (!list.length) { throw new EmptyResultError('devto latest', `dev.to /articles/latest returned no items at page ${page}.`); } return list.map((item, i) => ({ rank: (page - 1) * limit + i + 1, id: item.id != null ? String(item.id) : '', title: String(item.title ?? ''), author: String(item?.user?.username ?? ''), tags: String(item.tag_list ?? '').replace(/,\s*/g, ', '), reactions: item.public_reactions_count != null ? Number(item.public_reactions_count) : null, comments: item.comments_count != null ? Number(item.comments_count) : null, published: String(item.published_at ?? '').slice(0, 10), url: String(item.url ?? ''), })); }, });