Python: Get the top stories from Google news
Google News Top Stories
Write a Python program that retrieves the top stories from Google News.
Sample Solution:
Python Code :
# Import the 'bs4' module for web scraping and 'urlopen' function for opening URLs.
import bs4
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as soup
from urllib.request import urlopen
# URL of the news RSS feed
news_url = "https://news.google.com/news/rss"
# Open the URL using 'urlopen' and read the content of the webpage.
Client = urlopen(news_url)
xml_page = Client.read()
Client.close()
# Create a BeautifulSoup object to parse the XML content of the webpage.
soup_page = soup(xml_page, "xml")
# Find all XML tags with the name "item" to extract news items.
news_list = soup_page.findAll("item")
# Print news title, URL, and publish date for each news item.
for news in news_list:
print(news.title.text)
print(news.link.text)
print(news.pubDate.text)
print("-" * 60)
Sample Output:
With Trump in China, Taiwan worries about becoming a 'bargaining chip' https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/with-trump-in-china-taiwan-worries-about-becoming-abargaining-chip/2017/11/09/ee3c0126-c4af-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html Thu, 9 Nov 2017 11:19:13 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Blue Dog Democrats taking hard line on GOP tax bill http://thehill.com/policy/finance/359515-blue-dog-democrats-taking-hard-line-on-gop-tax-bill Thu, 9 Nov 2017 11:01:58 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ A Year Later, The Shock Of Trump's Win Hasn't Totally Worn Off In Either Party https://www.npr.org/2017/11/09/562307566/a-year-later-the-shock-of-trumps-win-hasn-t-totally-worn-off-in-either-party Thu, 9 Nov 2017 10:02:21 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ In a Texas town overwhelmed with grief, Pence delivers a message of support and faith http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-texas-shooting-pence-vigil-20171108-story.html Thu, 9 Nov 2017 04:50:00 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ US, AT&T at odds over CNN in Time Warner deal http://www.reuters.com/article/us-time-warner-m-a/u-s-demands-cnn-or-directv-sale-to-approve-att-time-warner-deal-sources-idUSKBN1D81Z8 Thu, 9 Nov 2017 00:20:52 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Self-driving bus crashes two hours after launch in Las Vegas http://www.zdnet.com/article/self-driving-bus-crashes-two-hours-after-launch-in-las-vegas/ Thu, 9 Nov 2017 00:18:00 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ 2017 CMA Awards Preach Unity, Crown Garth Brooks Entertainer of the Year http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/2017-cma-awards-preach-unity-crown-garth-brooks-entertainer-w511375 Thu, 9 Nov 2017 08:23:59 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Spacey Cut From Film; Scenes To Be Re-Shot With Replacement Actor https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/09/562995171/spacey-cut-from-film-scenes-to-be-re-shot-with-replacement-actor Thu, 9 Nov 2017 09:57:00 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ FEMA to transport Puerto Rico's hurricane survivors to US mainland http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/09/us/fema-puerto-rico-transport/index.html Thu, 9 Nov 2017 10:48:23 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Trump and Putin to meet on Friday in Vietnam http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/trump-putin-meet-friday-vietnam-article-1.3620846 Thu, 9 Nov 2017 08:18:23 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Syria war: Army retakes last IS urban stronghold http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41918913 Thu, 9 Nov 2017 11:26:15 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ The Saudi Purge Isn't Just a Power Grab https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-09/the-saudi-purge-isn-t-just-a-power-grab Thu, 9 Nov 2017 09:15:34 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Trump Tightens Cuba Embargo, Restricting Access to Hotels and Businesses https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/us/politics/trump-tightens-cuba-embargo-restricting-access-to-hotels-businesses.html Wed, 8 Nov 2017 17:16:11 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Battered by Trump, Obamacare triumphs at the polls https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/08/obamacare-boost-at-the-polls-244696 Wed, 8 Nov 2017 18:17:39 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Terry Crews Confirms He Filed a Police Report After Making Sexual Assault Allegations http://people.com/movies/terry-crews-confirms-he-filed-a-police-report-after-making-sexual-assault-allegations/ Thu, 9 Nov 2017 03:07:24 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Former party chief Donna Brazile stokes divisions among Democrats http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-donna-brazile-democrats-20171109-story.html Thu, 9 Nov 2017 11:01:37 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Theresa May faces fresh reshuffle after Priti Patel resignation http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-41923670 Thu, 9 Nov 2017 07:41:24 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Barack Obama has to report to jury duty, too. (He didn't get picked.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/11/08/barack-obama-has-to-report-to-jury-duty-too-he-didnt-get-picked/ Wed, 8 Nov 2017 20:58:25 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Report: Goodell “furious” about push for incentive-base deal http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/11/08/report-goodell-furious-about-push-for-incentive-base-deal/ Thu, 9 Nov 2017 03:41:00 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------ Danica Roem of Virginia to be first openly transgender person elected, seated in a US statehouse https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/danica-roem-will-be-vas-first-openly-transgender-elected-official-after-unseating-conservative-robert-g-marshall-in-house-race/2017/11/07/d534bdde-c0af-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html Wed, 8 Nov 2017 19:37:57 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------
Explanation:
The above Python code uses BeautifulSoup, a web scraping library, to fetch and parse an XML RSS feed of news articles. It extracts and prints the title, URL, and publication date for each news item in the feed.
Flowchart:
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