solved #17

.gitignore

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /*.egg
 /*.egg-info
 venv
+*.gif

bin/gnews-gui

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env/python3
+import os
+os.system('python3 ./gnewsclient/GUI/GUI.py')
+
+

gnewsclient/GUI/GUI.py

@@ -2,6 +2,87 @@
 from gnewsclient import gnewsclient
 from gnewsclient import utils
 from tkinter import ttk
+from PIL import Image
+import urllib.request
+import webbrowser
+
+def gotolink(event, x):
+    webbrowser.open_new(x)
+
+
+class resizingCanvas(Canvas):
+    def on_resize(self,event):
+        # determine the ratio of old width/height to new width/height
+        wscale = float(event.width)/self.width
+        hscale = float(event.height)/self.height
+        self.width = event.width
+        self.height = event.height
+        # resize the canvas
+        self.config(width=self.width, height=self.height)
+        # rescale all the objects tagged with the "all" tag
+        self.scale("all",0,0,wscale,hscale)
+        self.configure(scrollregion=self.bbox('all'))
+
+    # def canvas_configure(self, event):
+    def __init__(self,parent,**kwargs):
+        Canvas.__init__(self,parent,**kwargs)
+        self.bind("<Configure>", self.on_resize)
+        self.height = self.winfo_reqheight()
+        self.width = self.winfo_reqwidth()
+
+
+
+# function to load news in the east frame(level 1)
+# see line numbers 189-234 for detailed explanation
+def show_news():
+    global east_frame, myscrollbar, frame,canvas, photo
+    east_frame.destroy() # destroy old news' frame
+    east_frame = Frame(root, relief=GROOVE, bd=1) # new frame for fresh news
+    east_frame.pack(side=RIGHT)
+
+    canvas = resizingCanvas(east_frame)
+
+    frame = Frame(canvas)
+    myscrollbar = Scrollbar(east_frame, orient="vertical", command=canvas.yview)
+    canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=myscrollbar.set)
+    myscrollbar.pack(side="right", fill="y")
+
+    canvas.pack(side="left", padx=30, pady=30)
+    canvas.create_window((0, 0), window=frame, anchor='nw')
+
+    nws = client.get_news()
+
+    l = len(nws)
+    photo = {}
+    for i in range(l):
+        try:
+            imzlnk = nws[i]['img']
+            imz = Image.open(urllib.request.urlopen(imzlnk))
+            imz.save('file' + str(i) + '.gif')
+            f = Frame(frame)
+            lnk = nws[i]['link']
+            ttle = nws[i]['title']
+            photo[i] = PhotoImage(file='file' + str(i) + '.gif')
+            photolabel = Label(f, image=photo[i]).grid(row=0, column=0, rowspan=3, sticky=W, pady=10)
+            ttlelabel = Label(f, text=str(ttle), font=("Helvetica", 12)).grid(row=0, column=1, sticky=W, pady=10)
+            read_more = Label(f, text="Read more about this", fg="blue", cursor="hand2")
+            read_more.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky=W)
+            read_more.bind("<Button-1>", lambda event, link=str(lnk): gotolink(event, link))
+            f.grid(column=1, row=i, sticky=W)
+        except AttributeError:
+            imzlnk = nws[i]['img']
+            f = Frame(frame)
+            lnk = nws[i]['link']
+            ttle = nws[i]['title']
+            ttlelabel = Label(f, text=str(ttle), font=("Helvetica", 12)).grid(row=0, column=1, sticky=W)
+            read_more = Label(f, text="Read more about this", fg="blue", cursor="hand2")
+            read_more.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky=W)
+            read_more.bind("<Button-1>", lambda event, link=str(lnk): gotolink(event, link))
+            f.pack()
+    return
+
+
+
 
 
 # function to set attributes(language, location, topic), and then fetch news accordingly
@@ -25,9 +106,7 @@ def news():
         client.location = None
 
     update_status(client,status)
-    for i in client.get_news():
-        print(i)
-        print("\n")
+    show_news()
     return
 
 
@@ -36,7 +115,8 @@ def search():
     global search_query,client,status
     client.query= search_query.get()
     update_status(client,status)
-    print(client.get_news())
+    # print(client.get_news())
+    show_news()
     return
 
 # helper function for status bar
@@ -73,7 +153,7 @@ def update_status(client, status):
 search_button = Button(search_frame,text= "search", command=search).grid(row=1, column = 1)
 
 west_frame = Frame(root)
-west_frame.pack(side=LEFT)
+west_frame.pack(side=LEFT, padx=10)
 
 
 # frame for topic, location, and edition filters
@@ -106,12 +186,56 @@ def update_status(client, status):
 location_query = StringVar()
 location = Entry(tle_frame, textvariable=location_query).grid(row=4, column=1,pady=50)
 
-
+# frame to enclose all the stuff related to show news(level 1)
+east_frame=Frame(root,relief=GROOVE,bd=1)
+east_frame.pack(side=RIGHT)
+
+# canvas which keeps the news related stuff(level 2)
+canvas = resizingCanvas(east_frame)
+
+# the frame inside canvas which shows news and stuff(level 3)
+frame = Frame(canvas)
+# scrollbar so that the canvas can be scrolled(level 2)
+myscrollbar=Scrollbar(east_frame, orient="vertical", command=canvas.yview)
+canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=myscrollbar.set)
+myscrollbar.pack(side="right",fill="y")
+
+canvas.pack(side="left", padx=30, pady=30)
+canvas.create_window((0,0),window=frame,anchor='nw')
+
+# news list which has dictionaries for different news articles
+nws = client.get_news() # has the default filtering parameters
+l = len(nws)
+photo = {} # dictionary which maps numbers with PhotoImage objects
+for i in range(l):
+    try:
+        imzlnk = nws[i]['img']
+        imz = Image.open(urllib.request.urlopen(imzlnk))
+        imz.save('file'+str(i)+'.gif')
+        f = Frame(frame) # frame to display a news article(one frame per article)(level 4)
+        lnk = nws[i]['link']
+        ttle = nws[i]['title']
+        photo[i] = PhotoImage(file='file'+str(i)+'.gif')
+        photolabel = Label(f, image = photo[i]).grid(row=0, column=0, rowspan=3, sticky=W, pady=10)
+        ttlelabel = Label(f, text=str(ttle), font=("Helvetica", 12)).grid(row=0, column=1, sticky=W, pady=10, padx=5)
+        # ttlelabel.config()
+        read_more = Label(f, text="Read more about this", fg="blue", cursor="hand2")
+        read_more.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky=W, padx=5)
+        read_more.bind("<Button-1>", lambda event, link=str(lnk): gotolink(event, link))
+        f.grid(column=1, row=i, sticky=W)
+    except AttributeError:# incase there is no photo found, no photo rendering done here
+        imzlnk = nws[i]['img']
+        f = Frame(frame)
+        lnk = nws[i]['link']
+        ttle = nws[i]['title']
+        ttlelabel = Label(f, text=str(ttle), font=("Helvetica", 12)).grid(row=0, column=1, sticky=W)
+        read_more = Label(f, text="Read more about this", fg="blue", cursor="hand2")
+        read_more.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky=W)
+        read_more.bind("<Button-1>", lambda event, link=str(lnk): gotolink(event, link))
+        f.pack()
 
 # button to fetch news
 getnews = Button(tle_frame, command=news,text = "Get News!").grid(row=6,column=0,columnspan=2, pady=25)
-
-
-
-
+img = PhotoImage(file='logo.png')
+root.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', root._w, img)
 root.mainloop()

setup.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def readme():
         'Topic :: Internet',
       ],
       keywords = 'google news feed python client',
+      scripts = ['bin/gnews-gui'], 
       description = 'Python client for Google News feed.',
       long_description = readme(),
       url = 'http://github.com/nikhilkumarsingh/gnewsclient',
@@ -38,4 +39,4 @@ def readme():
         [console_scripts]
         gnews=gnewsclient.scripts.gnews:cli
       ''',
-      )
+      )