home_page.dart

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  bool _isRequestSent = false;
  List<Post> postList = [];

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    // This method is rerun every time setState is called
    //
    // The Flutter framework has been optimized to make rerunning build methods
    // fast, so that you can just rebuild anything that needs updating rather
    // than having to individually change instances of widgets.

    if (!_isRequestSent) {
      _sendRequest();
    }
    return new Scaffold(
      appBar: new AppBar(
        // Here we take the value from the MyHomePage object that was created by
        // the App.build method, and use it to set our appbar title.
        title: new Text(widget.title),
      ),
      body: new Container(
        alignment: Alignment.center,
        child: !_isRequestSent
            //  Request has not been sent, let's show a progress indicator
            ? new CircularProgressIndicator()

            // Request has been sent. Show the results
            : new Container(
                child: new ListView.builder(
                    itemCount: postList.length,
                    scrollDirection: Axis.vertical,
                    itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) {
                      return _getPostWidgets(index);
                    }),
              ),
      ),
    );
  }

  void _sendRequest() async {
    String url = "https://api.nytimes.com/svc/topstories/v2/technology"
        ".json?api-key=API_KEY_HERE";
    http.Response response = await http.get(url);
    Map decode = json.decode(response.body);
    List results = decode["results"];
    for (var jsonObject in results) {
      var post = Post.getPostFrmJSONPost(jsonObject);
      postList.add(post);
      print(post);
    }
    setState(() => _isRequestSent = true);
  }

  Widget _getPostWidgets(int index) {
    var post = postList[index];
    return null;
  }

}