Import of top news from Hacker News api

hackernews/hackernews.go

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+package hackernews
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"hackernewsletter/db"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func GetTopNewsIds() (response []string) {
+	res, err := http.Get("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+
+	body_string := string(body)
+	response = strings.Split(body_string[1:len(body_string)-1], ",")
+
+	return response
+}
+
+func GetNewsById(id string) (response db.News) {
+	news_url := "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/" + id + ".json"
+	res, err := http.Get(news_url)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+
+	json.Unmarshal(body, &response)
+
+	return response
+}