new endpoint for Medium followers count

README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 - [Tasks](#tasks)
   - [Medium](#medium)
+    - [Get Latest Posts](#get-latest-posts)
+    - [Get Followers Count](#get-followers-count)
   - [YouTube](#youtube)
   - [Bounties](#bounties)
   - [MailChimp](#mailchimp)
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@
 
 **`webtask-medium.js`**: Generic task to fetch and reconstruct items from any medium publication.
 
+#### Get Latest Posts
+
 Requires the Medium username appended at the end of the url:
 
 ```bash
@@ -39,6 +43,23 @@ http://localhost:8080/:medium_username
 https://TASK_URL/TASK_NAME/:medium_username
 ```
 
+#### Get Followers Count
+
+```bash
+http://localhost:8080/:medium_username/followers
+
+# when published on webtask.io
+https://TASK_URL/TASK_NAME/:medium_username/followers
+```
+
+**Response**
+
+```json
+{
+  "followers": 2528
+}
+```
+
 ### YouTube
 
 **`webtask-youtube.js`**: Generic task to fetch and reconstruct items from any YouTube account. YouTube API key is provided via [secret environment variable](https://webtask.io/docs/issue_parameters) `YOUTUBE_API_KEY` setup in web editor of webtask.io.

webtask-medium.js

@@ -50,4 +50,17 @@ app.get('/:username/raw', (req, res) => {
     })
 })
 
+app.get('/:username/followers', (req, res) => {
+    const url = `https://medium.com/${req.params.username}?format=json`
+
+    request(url, (error, response) => {
+        const json = JSON.parse(response.body.replace('])}while(1);</x>', ''))
+        const { collection } = json.payload
+
+        if (error) return
+
+        res.send(`{ "followers": ${collection.metadata.followerCount} }`)
+    })
+})
+
 module.exports = webtask.fromExpress(app)