From b35f8a19d0a9953ed08a1414761037436807453f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sandeep Bhat <sandeep.anand.bhat@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 17:14:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a simple RSS based news app

- Fetch top and latest news from NDTV's RSS feed
- Display each news as a card
- Style using Pico CSS
---
 news-app/README.md        | 19 ++++++++++++++
 news-app/main.py          | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 news-app/requirements.txt |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 76 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 news-app/README.md
 create mode 100644 news-app/main.py
 create mode 100644 news-app/requirements.txt

diff --git a/news-app/README.md b/news-app/README.md
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+# Simple RSS feed based news app built using FastHTML
+
+## News sources
+Uses NDTV RSS feed to fetch the latest and top news.
+
+* https://www.ndtv.com/rss
+* https://feeds.feedburner.com/ndtvnews-top-stories
+* https://feeds.feedburner.com/ndtvnews-latest
+
+
+## Running locally
+Verified with Python3.12
+
+```
+python3.12 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+python main.py
+```
diff --git a/news-app/main.py b/news-app/main.py
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+import feedparser
+from fasthtml.common import *
+
+css = Style(':root {--pico-font-size:90%,--pico-font-family: Pacifico, cursive;}')
+app = FastHTML(hdrs=(picolink, css))
+
+
+class NewsType(Enum):
+    TOP_STORIES = 1
+    LATEST_STORIES = 2
+    def get_rss_feed_url(news_type):
+        if news_type == NewsType.TOP_STORIES:
+            return "https://feeds.feedburner.com/ndtvnews-top-stories"
+        else:
+            return "https://feeds.feedburner.com/ndtvnews-latest"
+
+
+def fetch_news(news_type):
+    feed = feedparser.parse(NewsType.get_rss_feed_url(news_type))
+    return feed.entries
+
+
+def build_articles(entries: list):
+    articles = list()
+    for entry in entries:
+        article = Article(
+            Hgroup(Summary(Strong(entry.title)), P(entry.summary)),
+            A("Read More", href=entry.link, target="_blank", rel="noopener noreferrer",
+              cls="secondary")
+        )
+        articles.append((article, Hr()))
+    return Div(*articles, cls="stack")
+
+
+def build_top_nav():
+    return Nav(
+        Ul(Li(H2('SimpleNewsApp'))),
+        Ul(Li(A('Top', href='/')), Li(A('Latest', href='/latest'))))
+
+
+@app.route("/")
+def get():
+    entries = fetch_news(NewsType.TOP_STORIES)
+    articles = build_articles(entries)
+    return (Title("SimpleNewsApp"), Main(build_top_nav(), *articles, cls="container"))
+
+
+@app.route("/latest")
+def get():
+    entries = fetch_news(NewsType.LATEST_STORIES)
+    articles = build_articles(entries)
+    return (Title("SimpleNewsApp"), Main(build_top_nav(), *articles, cls="container"))
+
+
+serve()
diff --git a/news-app/requirements.txt b/news-app/requirements.txt
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+python-fasthtml==0.12.0
+feedparser==6.0.11