getnews.tech
omgimanerd:~$ curl getnews.tech/ars-technica?n=4
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ To find a list of sources to query, use: curl getnews.tech/sources │
│ │
├───┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ # │ Article │
├───┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 0 │ Deadly drug-resistant fungus sparks outbreaks in UK—and it’s │
│ │ stalking US │
│ │ Published on Aug 16th, 2017 at 9:15am PDT │
│ │ It’s unusually good at lurking in hospitals, resisting drugs, │
│ │ and killing vulnerable patients. │
│ │ https://goo.gl/zZJZZ5 │
├───┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1 │ Lawyers clash over an imaged hard drive as Waymo v. Uber │
│ │ hurtles toward trial │
│ │ Published on Aug 16th, 2017 at 10:36am PDT │
│ │ "He was ordered to come clean and did not come clean." │
│ │ https://goo.gl/iJprfP │
├───┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2 │ Ukraine malware author turns witness in Russian DNC hacking │
│ │ investigation │
│ │ Published on Aug 16th, 2017 at 11:56am PDT │
│ │ “Profexor” turns self in to Ukrainian authorities, assists FBI │
│ │ in DNC hack investigation. │
│ │ https://goo.gl/1M1YzM │
├───┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 3 │ Bank-fraud malware not detected by any AV hosted in Chrome Web │
│ │ Store. Twice │
│ │ Published on Aug 16th, 2017 at 12:04pm PDT │
│ │ Extension that surreptitiously steals bank passwords uploaded │
│ │ twice in 17 days. │
│ │ https://goo.gl/KmQt4X │
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│ Powered by the News API. │
│ Follow @omgimanerd on Twitter and GitHub. │
│ Open source contributions are welcome! │
│ https://github.com/omgimanerd/getnews.tech │
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This is a web server that formats the latest news from various sources on the web. A link to each article is included if the user wants to read the full article.
Usage
You can fetch the latest news simply by typing
curl getnews.tech/espn
curl getnews.tech/daily-mail
curl getnews.tech/cnnGet a list of acceptable sources to query using:
curl getnews.tech/sourcesAdditional Options
By default, getnews.tech will format the table to be a max of 72 characters wide. If you would like to specify a custom width for your terminal, you do so using:
curl getnews.tech/daily-mail?w=92You can also limit the number of articles to display.
curl getnews.tech/cnbc?n=10
curl getnews.tech/buzzfeed?n=12\&w=95Note that when combining the parameters on the command line as query parameters,
you must use \& to escape the ampersand character.
To see a full list of options, query:
curl getnews.tech/help
Contributing
Fork this repository and send me a pull request with any suggestions and
changes. Use ESLint to format your JavaScript
using the .eslintrc.js file included in the repository.
You will need to acquire an API Key from the News API and a URL Shortener API Key from Google Developers.
Add them to your .bashrc or other environment variable configuration:
export NEWS_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY_HERE
export URL_SHORTENER_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY_HEREInstall the project dependencies:
yarn install # or npm install
Run the server:
node server.js
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