NEWS-API

Author

Kipyegon Kirui Vitalis

Description

This is a python program that enables a user to have access to news articles from various news sources. The sources are categorized in 5 categories.

• General sources.
• Sports.
• Entertainment.
• Technology.
• Business.

Technologies Used

• Python 3.8
• Git
• Flask
• HTML5 & CSS
• Bootstrap
• Heroku

Requirements

• This program requires python3.+ installed in your computer.

Setup/Installation

To user this simple python a application, first make sure you have met the recquirement provided above. Then follow the following 2 steps:

• 1 : Clone this repository using git clone https://github.com/Vitalis-Kirui/News-API.git, or downloading a ZIP file of the code. If you decide to download it as a .zip file, you will have to extract files to your preferred location.
• 2 : Open the terminal, go to the project directory and run the following commands: chmod +x run.py and ./start.sh each one at a time to launch the program.

User Stories

The user is able to;

• See various news sources on the homepage
• Select a news source and see all news articles from the selected news source
• See the image, description and the time a news article was created
• Click on an article and read the full article on the source website

Known Bugs

• No known bugs. Please contact me if you experience any.

Support and Contact Details

• You can sent me a feedback or reach me incase of any issues/ bugs through the this email address: vitaliskirui1@gmail.com

License

Copyright © 2021 Kipyegon Kirui Vitalis