News Compiler
Compilation of news from a chosen subject for the last 24 hours.
A project made with the purpose of studying automation, web scraping and file manipulation with Python.
Project under MIT License.
☑️ Remarks for current version:
- Command line option for choosing language.
- Theres is no more need for Chromedriver.
⚙️ Setup
First, clone this repo with:
git clone https://github.com/cauabernardino/newscompiler
Then install the requirements:
- For Windows:
pip install -r requirements.txt - For Debian based Linux distros:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
? Usage
Use
- For Windows:
python newscompiler.py [language] 'SEARCH_TERM' - For Debian based Linux distros:
python3 newscompiler.py [language] 'SEARCH_TERM'
on your terminal, where SEARCH_TERM is the subject you want to know about.
The language options are:
[-e | --english] [-p | --portuguese] [-s | --spanish] [-f | --french]
If there is no option, english will be the default value.
Example, if you want to use a subject with more than one word in french, it can be done by:
python newscompiler.py -f 'star wars' OR python newscompiler.py --french 'star wars'
The output will be a PDF file with news and their links in TinyURL format.
? Updates
17/03/2021
- Total refactor for performance and generalization improvements!
- Now the script uses
requestsandlxml.htmlfor scraping; - No more need for Selenium and Chromedriver.
22/Oct/2020
- Testing with Chrome v86+, after updating Chromedriver, and working.
11/Aug/2020
- Added new command-line option for choosing the language of the search;
- Browser window will run minimized.
31/Jul/2020
- First version release.
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