FinanceNews - Professional Financial News Aggregator

A Bloomberg-style financial news aggregator that provides real-time updates from major Indian financial news sources.

Features

• Bloomberg-style Professional UI - Clean, modern interface optimized for financial news consumption
• Mobile-first Responsive Design - Perfect viewing experience on all devices
• Real-time News Aggregation - Fetches latest financial news from trusted Indian sources
• Trending Section - Highlights the most important stories of the day
• Financial Market Focus - Covers equity, bonds, forex, and earnings (no cryptocurrency)
• Auto-refresh - Updates every 5 minutes to keep you informed
• Fallback Support - Mock data ensures the app works even when RSS feeds are unavailable

News Sources

• Moneycontrol - Leading Indian financial news portal
• The Economic Times - Premier business newspaper
• NDTV Profit - Business and market news
• CNBC TV18 - Financial television network

Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, Vanilla JavaScript
• Backend: Node.js with Express
• RSS Parsing: xml2js
• Deployment: Simple single-server setup

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/gupta-kartik/FinanceNews.git
cd FinanceNews

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Start the application:

npm start

4. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000

Deployment

Local Development

npm run dev

Production Deployment

Option 1: Simple VPS/Cloud Server

1. Upload the project files to your server
2. Install Node.js on the server
3. Run npm install --production
4. Start with npm start
5. Use a process manager like PM2 for production:

npm install -g pm2
pm2 start server.js --name "finance-news"

Option 2: Heroku

1. Create a Heroku app
2. Push the code to Heroku
3. The app will automatically deploy with the provided package.json

Option 3: Netlify/Vercel (Serverless)

The application can be adapted for serverless deployment by converting the Express server to serverless functions.

API Endpoints

• GET / - Main application
• GET /api/news - Get all financial news
• GET /api/trending - Get trending stories

Configuration

RSS Feed URLs

The application fetches news from predefined RSS feeds. You can modify the RSS_FEEDS object in server.js to add or change news sources.

Mock Data

If RSS feeds are unavailable, the application falls back to realistic mock data to ensure continuous operation.

Browser Support

• Chrome (recommended)
• Firefox
• Safari
• Edge
• Mobile browsers

Performance Features

• Efficient RSS parsing with caching
• Responsive images and optimized assets
• Progressive loading with graceful fallbacks
• Minimal external dependencies

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Test thoroughly
5. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License - feel free to use this project for your own financial news applications.

Support

For issues and questions, please create an issue in the GitHub repository.