DadJokes
DadJokes is a command-line utility for macOS to retrieve dad jokes from https://icanhazdadjoke.com. To get a dad joke, run the executable:
$ dadjokes
How was the snow globe feeling after the storm? A little shaken.
The easiest way to get the binary from the source is to just use Swift; the
swift run command will build and run automatically:
$ swift run
Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was a salted.
Command-Line Arguments
Feeling impatient? The -t argument (or --timeout) allows you to specify a
timeout in seconds:
$ dadjokes -t 2
How can you tell a vampire has a cold? They start coffin.
If you want to change the URL that DadJokes uses to your own super-secret stash
of dad jokes, use the -u (or --url) command:
$ dadjokes -u "https://example.com"
This is a super-secret dad joke!
Development
DadJokes is written in Swift using Apple’s ArgumentParser library for parsing command-line arguments and Alamofire for networking. For testing, it uses XCTest, OHHTTPStubs, and GCDWebServer.