Feature: saving a story.

Author: arpitbbhayani

src/_constants.ts

@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ export const RFC = {
 
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: HackerNewsSettings = {
     defaultRefreshInterval: "60",
+    storiesFolder: "HackerNews",
 }

src/apiManager.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Notice } from 'obsidian';
+import path from 'path';
 import type {
     HNItem,
 } from "src/integrations/types";
@@ -27,4 +29,20 @@ export default class APIManager {
 
         return hnItem;
     }
+
+    public async saveHNItem(hnItem: HNItem) {
+        const dir = this.plugin.settings.storiesFolder
+        const filePath = path.join(dir, `${hnItem.title}.md`)
+
+        let stat = this.plugin.app.vault.adapter.stat(dir)
+        if (!stat) {
+            this.plugin.app.vault.createFolder(dir)
+        }
+
+        stat = this.plugin.app.vault.adapter.stat(filePath)
+        if (!stat) {
+            this.plugin.app.vault.create(filePath, `[${hnItem.title}](${hnItem.url})`)
+            new Notice(`Story saved: ${hnItem.title}`)
+        }
+    }
 }

src/l10n/locale/en.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export default {
     'HackerNews Settings': 'HackerNews Settings',
     'Refresh Interval': 'Refresh Interval',
     'The time interval in seconds after which the next top story will be fetched. Default and invalid values will be reverted to 60 seconds.': 'The time interval in seconds after which the next top story will be fetched. Default and invalid values will be reverted to 60 seconds.',
+    'Stories Folder': 'Stories Folder',
+    'The folder that holds the saved HackerNews stories. The folder will be created if it does not exist.': 'The folder that holds the saved HackerNews stories. The folder will be created if it does not exist.',
     'Donate': 'Donate',
     'If you found this plugin helpful, consider donating to support continued development.': 'If you found this plugin helpful, consider donating to support continued development.',
 };

src/types.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export interface HackerNewsSettings {
 	defaultRefreshInterval: string;
+	storiesFolder: string;
 }

src/ui/hackernews/hackernewsView.svelte

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
     dataHN = await manager.requestTopHN();
   }
 
+  export async function saveHNItem() {
+    console.log(`saving story ${dataHN.title}`);
+    await manager.saveHNItem(dataHN);
+  }
+
   addEventListener("obsidian-hackernews-fetchTopHN", fetchTopHN);
 
   onDestroy(() => {
@@ -27,7 +32,9 @@
         <a href="{ dataHN.url }" target="_blank" class="hn-link">{ dataHN.title }</a>
         <br />
         <p class="hn-read">
-          <a href="{ dataHN.url }" target="_blank">Read more →</a>
+          <a href="/" on:click={saveHNItem}>Save</a>
+          •
+          <a href="{ dataHN.url }" target="_blank">Read now</a>
         </p>
         <p class="hn-meta">
           Refreshes every { refreshInterval } seconds.

src/ui/settings/settingsTab.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ export default class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                     plugin.settings.defaultRefreshInterval = `${refreshInterval}`;
                     await this.save();
                 }));
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName(t('Stories Folder'))
+            .setDesc(t('The folder that holds the saved HackerNews stories. The folder will be created if it does not exist.'))
+            .addText(text => text
+                .setPlaceholder('stories folder')
+                .setValue(plugin.settings.storiesFolder)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    plugin.settings.storiesFolder = value;
+                    await this.save();
+                }));
         new Setting(containerEl)
             .setName(t('Donate'))
             .setDesc(t('If you found this plugin helpful, consider donating to support continued development.'))