New York Times Random Headline Generator

This project scrapes the New York Times Facebook page for headline data and then generates random headlines using a Markov Chain.

Setup:

A Facebook app id is required to run this project properly. Edit Page_Scraper/get_fb_posts_fb_page.py to set your Facebook app id and app secret:

app_id = <YOUR_APP_ID>
app_secret = <YOUR_APP_SECRET> # DO NOT SHARE WITH ANYONE!

This system can be modified to pull text from other facebook pages as well. Simply modify the following line within "generate headlines":

PAGE="nytimes"

How to run:

bash generate_headlines

Sources:

The Facebook page scraper [get_fb_posts_fb_page.py] was written by github user minimaxr. The scraper has been modified to set the scraped facebook page as a command argument.

My Markov-Chain project is used to generate the headlines.

Example Headlines:

The following headlines were generated on Feb 23rd 2016:

OUTPUT:
Why I Call Saul
‘Downton Abbey’ Recap: Mugged by Boko Haram’s Use of Hypergrowth
United Arab Emirates Want to Lose Weight
Donald Trump Is Barred From Major League Baseball
Samantha Bee Prepares for Loaded Nachos