Module telegram_bot.news.news_fetcher
script for news fetching (by keywords)
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"""
script for news fetching (by keywords)
"""
__author__ = "Florian Kellermann, Linus Eickhoff"
__date__ = "26.04.2022"
__version__ = "1.0.0"
__license__ = "None"
import os
import sys
import telegram_bot.helper_functions as hf
import requests
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from newsapi import NewsApiClient
load_dotenv() # loads environment vars
# Init
api_key = os.getenv('NEWS_API_KEY') # get API Key from .env file
newsapi = NewsApiClient(api_key=api_key) # news api from https://newsapi.org/
try:
# get all available news sources (e.g BBC, New York Times, etc.)
source_json = requests.get(f"https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines/sources?apiKey={api_key}&language=en").json()
sources = source_json["sources"]
str_sources = ",".join([source["id"] for source in sources])
except KeyError:
print("Error: Could not get sources, may be blocked because of too many requests (free newsapi is limited to 100 reqs per day)")
str_sources = str(
"Reuters, bbc, cnn, fox-news, google-news, hacker-news, nytimes, the-huffington-post, the-new-york-times, business-insider, bbc-news, cbc-news, ESPN, fox-sports, google-news-uk, independent, the-wall-street-journal, the-washington-times, time, usa-today")
def get_all_news_by_keyword(keyword, from_date="2000-01-01"):
"""get all news to keyword
Args:
keyword (String): keyword for search
from_date (String): min date for search
Returns:
JSON/dict: dict containing articles
"""
top_headlines = newsapi.get_everything(q=keyword, sources=str_sources, language='en', from_param=from_date) # keywords can be combined with OR (e.g. keyword = "bitcoin OR ethereum")
if (top_headlines["status"] == "ok"):
return top_headlines
else:
return None
def get_top_news_by_keyword(keyword):
"""get top news to keyword
Args:
keyword (String): keyword for search
Returns:
JSON/dict: dict containing articles
"""
top_headlines = newsapi.get_top_headlines(q=keyword, sources=str_sources, language='en') # get top headlines, measured by popularity from NewsApi
if (top_headlines["status"] == "ok"):
return top_headlines
else:
return None
def format_article(article):
"""format article for messaging (using markdown syntax)
Args:
article (dict): article to format for messaging
Returns:
String: formatted article
"""
sourcename = hf.make_markdown_proof(article["source"]["name"]) # make attributes markdownv2 proof
headline = hf.make_markdown_proof(article["title"])
url = hf.make_markdown_proof(article["url"])
formatted_article = f"_{sourcename}_\n*{headline}*\n\n{url}" # formatting in Markdown syntax
return formatted_article
if __name__ == '__main__': # only execute if script is called directly -> for simple testing
print("this is a module and should not be run directly")
print("fetching top news by keyword bitcoin...")
articles = get_all_news_by_keyword("bitcoin")
formatted_article = format_article(articles["articles"][0])
print(formatted_article)
articles = get_top_news_by_keyword("bitcoin")
formatted_article = format_article(articles["articles"][0])
print(formatted_article)
sys.exit(1)
Functions
def format_article(article)
-
format article for messaging (using markdown syntax)
Args
article
:dict
- article to format for messaging
Returns
String
- formatted article
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def format_article(article): """format article for messaging (using markdown syntax) Args: article (dict): article to format for messaging Returns: String: formatted article """ sourcename = hf.make_markdown_proof(article["source"]["name"]) # make attributes markdownv2 proof headline = hf.make_markdown_proof(article["title"]) url = hf.make_markdown_proof(article["url"]) formatted_article = f"_{sourcename}_\n*{headline}*\n\n{url}" # formatting in Markdown syntax return formatted_article
def get_all_news_by_keyword(keyword, from_date='2000-01-01')
-
get all news to keyword
Args
keyword
:String
- keyword for search
from_date
:String
- min date for search
Returns
JSON/dict: dict containing articles
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def get_all_news_by_keyword(keyword, from_date="2000-01-01"): """get all news to keyword Args: keyword (String): keyword for search from_date (String): min date for search Returns: JSON/dict: dict containing articles """ top_headlines = newsapi.get_everything(q=keyword, sources=str_sources, language='en', from_param=from_date) # keywords can be combined with OR (e.g. keyword = "bitcoin OR ethereum") if (top_headlines["status"] == "ok"): return top_headlines else: return None
def get_top_news_by_keyword(keyword)
-
get top news to keyword
Args
keyword
:String
- keyword for search
Returns
JSON/dict: dict containing articles
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def get_top_news_by_keyword(keyword): """get top news to keyword Args: keyword (String): keyword for search Returns: JSON/dict: dict containing articles """ top_headlines = newsapi.get_top_headlines(q=keyword, sources=str_sources, language='en') # get top headlines, measured by popularity from NewsApi if (top_headlines["status"] == "ok"): return top_headlines else: return None