index.js

@@ -58,10 +58,64 @@ function randomBunny(subreddit, sortBy, cb) {
     });
 }
 
+function promise(subreddit, sortBy) {
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
+        // If the sortable list doesn't include sortBy, default to 'hot'
+        if (!sortable.includes(sortBy)) sortBy = 'hot';
+
+        // Fetch the json from reddit
+        // For example, if you're getting a random image from r/rabbits, sorted by new:
+        // https://www.reddit.com/r/rabbits/new.json
+        fetch(`https://www.reddit.com/r/${subreddit}/${sortBy}.json`).then(res => {
+            res.json().then(res => {
+                // Get the part of the json string which the data comes from
+                const data = res.data.children;
+                const size = data.length;
+
+                // Found is used for the while loop in order to break out of the loop.
+                // We need to loop as the json string will contain invalid data for what we need
+                // Specifically videos.
+                let found = false;
+
+                // Loop until a valid image post is found
+                while (!found) {
+                    // Generate random number
+                    const random = getRandom(0, size - 1);
+
+                    // Get variables from json to pass back
+                    const randomSelect = data[random].data;
+
+                    // The json string to send back
+                    const json = {
+                        archived: randomSelect['archived'],
+                        downs: randomSelect['downs'],
+                        hidden: randomSelect['hidden'],
+                        permalink: randomSelect['permalink'],
+                        subreddit: randomSelect['subreddit'],
+                        subredditSubscribers: randomSelect['subreddit_subscribers'],
+                        title: randomSelect['title'],
+                        ups: randomSelect['ups'],
+                        url: randomSelect['url']
+                    };
+
+                    // If the post is a .jpg, send back the data and stop looping
+                    if (json.url.includes('.jpg')) {
+                        found = true;
+                        resolve(json);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        });
+    })
+}
+
 // Generate a random number
 function getRandom(min, max) {
     return Math.floor((Math.random() * max) + min);
 }
 
 // Export Functions
-module.exports = randomBunny;
+module.exports = {
+    randomBunny,
+    promise,
+};

readme.md

@@ -12,13 +12,20 @@ $ npm install --save random-bunny
 ## Usage
 
 ```js
-const randomBunny = require('random-bunny');
+const { randomBunny } = require('random-bunny');
 
 randomBunny('rabbits', 'new', res => {
     console.log(res.title + ": " + res.url);
 });
 ```
 
+```js
+const { promise } = require('random-bunny');
+
+promise('rabbits', 'new').then((res) => {
+    console.log(res.title);
+});
+```
 
 ## API
 
@@ -37,6 +44,12 @@ The json string which gets returned consists of:
 - ups
 - url
 
+### `promise()`
+
+Returns a `json string` for a random post in a `promise`. Accepts 2 arguments: `subreddit`, `sortby` ('new', 'hot', 'top').
+
+The json string returned in the promise consists of the same above.
+
 ## Notes
 
 * Node 4 or newer.