coolnews.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pprint

res = requests.get('https://news.ycombinator.com/news')
res2 = requests.get('https://news.ycombinator.com/news?p=2')
soup = BeautifulSoup(res.text, 'html.parser')
soup2 = BeautifulSoup(res2.text, 'html.parser')

links = soup.select('.storylink')
subtext = soup.select('.subtext')
links2 = soup2.select('.storylink')
subtext2 = soup2.select('.subtext')

mega_links = links + links2
mega_subtext = subtext + subtext2

def sort_stories_by_votes(hnlist):
	return sorted(hnlist, key= lambda k:k['votes'],reverse=True)

def create_custom_hn(links,subtext):
	hn=[]
	for idx, item in enumerate(links):
		title =item.getText()
		href = item.get('href',None)
		vote = subtext[idx].select('.score')
		if len(vote):
			points = int(vote[0].getText().replace(' points',''))
			if points > 99:
				hn.append({'title':title,'link':href,'votes':points})
	return sort_stories_by_votes(hn)

pprint.pprint(create_custom_hn(mega_links, mega_subtext))