Merge pull request #16 from Shrey97/GUI

Gui

Author: nikhilkumarsingh

gnewsclient/GUI/GUI.py

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+from tkinter import *
+from gnewsclient import gnewsclient
+from gnewsclient import utils
+from tkinter import ttk
+
+
+# function to set attributes(language, location, topic), and then fetch news accordingly
+# we have variables topic_query, language_query, location_query for storing attributes
+def news():
+    global location_query, language_query,topic_query,edition_query,client,status
+    client.query=None # because search query overrides all other parameters
+    client.topic=topic_query.get()
+    if(client.topic=="Select topic"):
+        client.topic = "top stories"
+
+    client.language=language_query.get()
+    if(client.language=="Select language"):
+        client.language="english"
+    client.edition=edition_query.get()
+    if(client.edition == "Select edition"):
+        client.edition = "United States (English)"
+
+    client.location= location_query.get()
+    if(client.location==""):
+        client.location = None
+
+    update_status(client,status)
+    for i in client.get_news():
+        print(i)
+        print("\n")
+    return
+
+
+# to search news related to a search string
+def search():
+    global search_query,client,status
+    client.query= search_query.get()
+    update_status(client,status)
+    print(client.get_news())
+    return
+
+# helper function for status bar
+def getstatus(clientX):
+    x = clientX.get_config()
+    y=sorted(x)
+    text = ""
+    for i in y:
+        text += str(i) + ": " + str(x[i]) + "                         "
+    return text
+
+# set status bar text
+def update_status(client, status):
+    status['text']=getstatus(client)
+    return
+
+
+
+#initializing window
+root = Tk()
+root.title("GNEWSCLIENT")
+
+#object making and packing
+client = gnewsclient()
+status = Label(root, text=getstatus(client), bd=1, relief=SUNKEN)
+status.pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=X)
+
+
+# implementing searching news
+search_frame=Frame(root)
+search_frame.pack()
+search_query = StringVar()
+query = Entry(search_frame, textvariable=search_query).grid(row=1, column=0)
+search_button = Button(search_frame,text= "search", command=search).grid(row=1, column = 1)
+
+west_frame = Frame(root)
+west_frame.pack(side=LEFT)
+
+
+# frame for topic, location, and edition filters
+tle_frame=Frame(west_frame)
+tle_frame.pack()
+
+# implementing edition filter
+edition_label = Label(tle_frame, text="Edition: ").grid(row=1, column=0,pady=50,sticky=W)
+edition_query=StringVar()
+edition_dropdown = ttk.Combobox(tle_frame, textvariable=edition_query, values=sorted(list(utils.editionMap))).grid(row=1, column=1,pady=50)
+edition_query.set("Select edition")
+
+# implementing topic filter
+topic_label = Label(tle_frame, text="Topic: ").grid(row=2, column=0,pady=50,sticky=W)
+topic_query=StringVar()
+topic_dropdown = ttk.Combobox(tle_frame, textvariable=topic_query, values=sorted(list(utils.topicMap))).grid(row=2, column=1,pady=50)
+topic_query.set("Select topic")
+
+
+# implementing language filter
+language_label = Label(tle_frame, text="Language: ").grid(row=3, column=0,pady=50,sticky=W)
+language_query=StringVar()
+language_dropdown = ttk.Combobox(tle_frame, textvariable=language_query, values=sorted(list(utils.langMap))).grid(row=3, column=1,pady=50)
+language_query.set("Select language")
+
+
+
+# implementing location filter
+location_label= Label(tle_frame,text="Location: ").grid(row=4,column=0,pady=50,sticky=W)
+location_query = StringVar()
+location = Entry(tle_frame, textvariable=location_query).grid(row=4, column=1,pady=50)
+
+
+
+# button to fetch news
+getnews = Button(tle_frame, command=news,text = "Get News!").grid(row=6,column=0,columnspan=2, pady=25)
+
+
+
+
+root.mainloop()