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one-neat-thing-today

Daily provider for an interesting concept, term, event, or idea.

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Command-line Tool

Usage

$ ontt <options>
[Neat Thing] - [Definition|Description]
(link to top example of thing)

Options

Short	Long	Parameters	Description
-a	--after-date	[date]	shows all neat things starting (inclusive) on date until $today (inclusive)
-b	--bibliography		shows wikipedia-style bibliography with links
-e	--export	[start date] ([end date])	writes out formatted file of neat things starting at date until $today, or [end date] (if provided).
-f	--format	[output format] ([formatter])	allows user to specify whether the response is structured or plaintext. Initially, ONTT will provide output as plaintext, json, or xml. If [formatter] is provided, then ONTT will attempt to use the go command by piping the output as json into the Formatter command.
-l	--link		limit output to only the link of the neat thing
-n	--name		limit output to only the name of the neat thing
-o	--output	[file path]	Writes neat thing(s) to out to [file path]
-p	--prior-days	[number of days]	shows [number of days] neat thing(s) before today
-t	--timeline	[start date] ([end date])	output html page that shows horizontal timeline with snapshots of webpages when hovering of the date/thing; navigation tools will be displayed on the timeline when it spans a sufficient range of dates.
-u	--url	[host:port]	Directs ontt client to get new things from ontt server at [host:port]
-v	--version		displays version of ontt command as well as api version of ontt service
-w	--week		shows the neat things from start of week until $today
-y	--yesterday		shows yesterday’s neat thing

Documentation

Index

• Constants
• Variables
• func Fetch(key string, db *bolt.DB) (nt *neatthing.NeatThing, err error)
• func NewNeatThing(logger *log.Logger, dbFilePath *string) (neatthing.Service, error)

Constants

const (
	BucketName = "neatThings"
)

Variables

var (
	KeyDateFormat = time.RFC3339
)

Functions

func Fetch

func Fetch(key string, db *bolt.DB) (nt *neatthing.NeatThing, err error)

func NewNeatThing

func NewNeatThing(logger *log.Logger, dbFilePath *string) (neatthing.Service, error)

NewNeatThing returns the neatThing service implementation. Panics when persistent store cannot be opened.