renaming files to make it clearer. creating subdirectory and ignoring it

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# subdirectories used by the downloader
+medium_posts_markdown/
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]

downloader/medium.py → downloader/main.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import requests
 import json
 
+
 def get_latest_post_ids(user, limit):
     """
         Get latest {limit} posts from {user} in JSON format.
@@ -46,3 +47,12 @@ def get_post_ids(text):
             if "Post" in parsed_json["payload"]["references"]:
                 return parsed_json["payload"]["references"]["Post"].keys()
     return []
+
+def download_posts_in_html(user, post_ids):
+    html_posts = []
+    main_url = "https://medium.com/@{0}/".format(user)
+    for post_id in post_ids:
+        url = main_url + post_id
+        print(url)
+
+    return html_posts

run.py

@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-import downloader.medium as medium
+import downloader.main as downloader
 import argparse
+import os
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='run.py', description="Script to convert medium posts to markdown files")
 parser.add_argument('-u', metavar='USER', help="username", required=True, type=str)
 parser.add_argument('-l', metavar='LIMIT', help="Number of posts to retrieve. Integer, and the default is 10 by Medium. Zero will be swapped to one.", type=int)
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-postIDs = medium.get_latest_post_ids(args.u, args.l)
-print(postIDs)
+# creating subdirectory
+
+medium_post_dir_markdown = "medium_posts_markdown"
+
+if not os.path.exists(medium_post_dir_markdown):
+    os.makedirs(medium_post_dir_markdown)
+
+post_ids = downloader.get_latest_post_ids(args.u, args.l)
+html_posts = downloader.download_posts_in_html(args.u, post_ids)