Python: Get the top stories from Google news

Python Basic - 1: Exercise-8 with Solution

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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