NewsDataScrapper

Python package that helps you easily retrieve complete web articles.

Requirements

• Python 3.5+
• Newspaper3k
• API Key from NewsApi or API Key from GNews

Installation

pip3 install newsdatascraper

Usage

from newsdatascraper import Scraper
#To first get a single article on a topic
new_scraper = Scraper('mock-api-key')
articles = new_scraper.fetch_all_articles(query='two sigma', pageSize = 10)

"""
We support two APIs: NewsApi and GNewsApi
To control the API being used change the argument of mode to either 'NEWSPAPER' or 'GNEWS'
"""

new_scraper = Scraper('mock-api-key', mode = 'GNEWS')
articles = new_scraper.fetch_all_articles(query='two sigma', pageSize = 10, 
              dateFrom = "2019-08-04", dateTo = "2019-08-10")

#To access individual articles and their properties
first_article = articles.articles[0]
print(first_article.content)
#We also provide helper functions to serialize the data
articles.toCsv('test.csv')
articles.toPickle('test.pickle')
articles.toJson()

Important Note

Please look at rate limits in the APIs to determine your prefered usage

Working on the Project

Run format

black .

Run Linter

pylama -o setup.cfg .

Run tests

pytest

Run tests + code coverage

sh ./scripts/generate_coverage.sh