Welcome to bing-news-ticker! This project provides a scrolling ticker that displays the latest news fetched from the Bing Search API.
- Display a scrolling ticker with latest news on an HTML page.
- Easy refresh mechanism to update headlines.
- Schedule automated news updates with different types of news.
Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:
- Python 3.x
- A Bing Search API Key. Learn More & Get Yours
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Clone the Repository
git clone https://github.com/yencarnacion/bing-news-ticker.git cd bing-news-ticker -
API Key Configuration
Open the
secret.pyfile in a text editor and replace the placeholder with your Bing Search API key:API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
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Start the Server
Serve the HTML page on port 8000 using:
python3 server.py
Now, navigate to
http://localhost:8000in your browser to see the news ticker in action!
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Refresh Current News:
To manually refresh the
headlines.jsonwith the latest news:python3 top-news.py
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Automated News Loop:
To refresh
headlines.jsonwith different types of news at scheduled intervals:python3 loop.py
For more information on how to use the Bing News API, check out the YouTube video: Partly Cloudy: Hello News (Intro, project structure, and HTTP requests)
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.