Newsflow is a web application that aggregates trending news articles and provides a search interface for users to find news related to specific topics or from specific countries.
With the overwhelming amount of information available online, staying updated with the latest news can be challenging. Newsflow was built to simplify this process by providing a user-friendly platform to access trending news and search for articles on topics of interest across different countries.
The application displays trending news articles and features a search bar where users can type keywords related to their desired news or select countries to filter articles geographically.
Newsflow is built with Python using the Dash framework, which is ideal for building data-driven web applications. The application integrates the NewsAPI to fetch real-time news articles. The front-end utilizes Dash Bootstrap Components to create a responsive and visually appealing user interface.
- Displays trending news articles from various sources.
- Search functionality to find news by keywords or phrases.
- Country filter to view news from selected geographical locations.
- Sentiment analysis to gauge the tone of news articles.
Developers interested in contributing to the Newsflow project or setting up their own version can follow the steps below to get started.
- Python 3.9 or higher
- Virtual environment (recommended)
- API key from NewsAPI
Use the package manager pip to install some modules.
pip install -r requirements.txtBefore running the application, you need to import the necessary libraries and modules, including newsapi, dash, outline, dash_bootstrap_components, requests, and base64, pycountry.
Run the application with:
(venv) $ python app.py
After starting the server, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:XXXX (replace XXXX with the port number provided in the terminal) to view the application.
Now you are ready to go!
Probably would be cool to incorporate some analytics, improve UI/UX, and get more API requests.