# Keeping Tabs With THW -2
Following the first [blog](https://blog.octachart.com/keeping-tabs-with-hashnode-challenge) I wrote in this [mini-series](https://blog.octachart.com/series/tabs-with-thw), we are going to get the ```count```, ```summary``` and ```JSON``` data from the script we wrote.
If you missed part one, please read it here and give me your feedback. Glad you are here;
So In the same file, we created (```thw.py```), let's add the following methods under the same class. Let's begin by getting the ```count```;
```
def count(self):
self.connect()
total_ = 0
# print(self.post_list_count)
total = [total_ := total_ + x for x in self.post_list_count][-1]
return f"There are currently {total} posts written!"
```
So we define a method called ```count()``` that will return the number of posts submitted so far under a particular hashtag.
The ```total``` line has a list comprehension and I am using the walrus operator (```:=```) which basically helps me create a variable in the middle of an expression which will return a list of subtotals. We then get the last in that element (final total).
Read more about the walrus operator in [the article I wrote](https://blog.octachart.com/keeping-tabs-with-hashnode-challenge) sometime.
So if we add this to our test file to get the results.
```
from thw import THW
URL = 'https://hashnode.com/api/feed/tag/thw-web-apps'
web_apps = THW(URL).count()
print(web_apps)
```
Output;
![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1652431199795/H0DQCFk18.png align="left")
We see that we get 205 posts by the time of writing this article with this exclusive.
When we compare our results with the real hashtag count;
![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1652431321047/9Z0JFppoN.png align="left")
We are short by only 2 posts, probably these are being called from another API or it's an API update issue but so far so good.
Let's get all the posts now. Create another instance method ```all_posts()```.
```
def all_posts(self):
self.connect()
print(self.posts)
for idx, post in enumerate(self.posts):
print(idx, post)
```
Note: All these methods depend on ```connect()``` and that's why we have to call it first.
So loop through the posts attaching an index with ```enumerate()``` function.
In our test file;
```
from thw import THW
URL = 'https://hashnode.com/api/feed/tag/thw-web-apps'
web_apps = THW(URL).all_posts()
print(web_apps)
```
The above will return a tuple of posts.
![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1652431702610/vkTpkHl5o.png align="left")
Finally, let's write that info to a ```JSON``` file for later usage or creating your own ```API```.
```
def dump_json(self):
self.connect()
blog_dict = {"posts": self.posts}
blog_json = json.dumps(blog_dict)
with open("main.json", "w+", encoding="utf-8") as file:
json.dump(blog_json, file, ensure_ascii=False)
print("--- File Created Successfully ---")
```
In the above file, we create a dictionary first of the list of posts for easy dumping to JSON. We write the JSON data to main.json file.
In our test file;
```
from thw import THW
URL = 'https://hashnode.com/api/feed/tag/thw-web-apps'
web_apps = THW(URL).dump_json()
print(web_apps)
```
The above should create a ```main.json``` file.
Now let's test ```count()``` with a different hashtag; (```web-3```)
Just change the test file to;
```
from thw import THW
URL = 'https://hashnode.com/api/feed/tag/thw-web3'
web_three = THW(URL).count()
print(web_three)
```
Output at the time of writing;
![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1652437442501/z9r79OpmQ.png align="left")
And on [Hashnode](https://hashnode.com/n/thw-web3)
![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1652436832397/aB91fVUR4.png align="left")
You could also try the other two APIs. See how I get them from my first part in this series by loading them in the network tab.
If you are lazy;
🚀 Cloud Computing [API](https://hashnode.com/api/feed/tag/thw-cloud-computing)
🚀 Mobile Apps [API](https://hashnode.com/api/feed/tag/thw-mobile-apps)
That's it for now, we shall re-package this and push it to ```PyPI``` for distribution in the next article.
Vist [repo](https://github.com/Ronlin1/THW) for full code.
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