1. `import requests`: This line imports the `requests` module, which allows Python to send HTTP requests easily.
2. `from gtts import gTTS`: This line imports the `gTTS` class from the `gtts` module. `gTTS` stands for "Google Text-to-Speech." It's a library that converts text to speech.
3. `import os`: This line imports the `os` module, which provides a way of using operating system dependent functionality.
4. `def get_news(api_key, country='us', category='general'):`
- This line defines a function named `get_news` which takes three parameters: `api_key`, `country`, and `category`. The default values for `country` and `category` are set to 'us' and 'general' respectively.
- Inside the function, it constructs a URL for fetching news from the News API, sends a request to the API with the specified parameters, and returns the JSON response containing news articles.
5. `def display_news(articles):`
- This line defines a function named `display_news` which takes a list of news articles (`articles`) as input.
- Inside the function, it iterates over each news article, printing its title, author, description, and URL. It also uses the `text_to_speech` function to convert the title and description of each article to speech.
- After printing each article, it waits for the user to press Enter before displaying the next article.
6. `def text_to_speech(text):`
- This line defines a function named `text_to_speech` which takes a text string (`text`) as input.
- Inside the function, it creates a `gTTS` object with the provided text and language ('en' for English), saves the generated speech as an MP3 file named 'temp.mp3', and then plays the MP3 file using the `os.system` function.
7. `if __name__ == "__main__":`
- This line checks if the script is being run directly by the Python interpreter (as opposed to being imported as a module into another script).
8. `api_key = 'your api`:
- This line assigns the News API key to the variable `api_key`.
9. `news = get_news(api_key, country='us', category='general')`:
- This line calls the `get_news` function with the specified parameters ('us' for country and 'general' for category) and assigns the result to the variable `news`.
10. `if news:`
- This line checks if `news` contains any articles (i.e., if it's not None or an empty list).
11. `display_news(news)`:
- This line calls the `display_news` function with the retrieved news articles as input. If there are articles, they will be displayed and read aloud using text-to-speech. If there are no articles, a message indicating there is no news to display will be printed.
import requests
from gtts import gTTS
import os
def get_news(api_key, country='us', category='general'):
base_url = 'https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines'
params = {
'country': country,
'category': category,
'apiKey': api_key
}
response = requests.get(base_url, params=params)
if response.status_code == 200:
return response.json()['articles']
else:
print(f"Failed to fetch news. Status code: {response.status_code}")
return None
def display_news(articles):
if articles:
for i, article in enumerate(articles, 1):
print(f"#{i}")
print(f"Title: {article['title']}")
print(f"Author: {article['author']}")
print(f"Description: {article['description']}")
print(f"URL: {article['url']}")
print("-" * 50)
# Speak out the news article
text_to_speech(article['title'] + ". " + article['description'])
# Wait for the user to press Enter before proceeding to the next news article
input("Press Enter to continue...")
else:
print("No news to display.")
def text_to_speech(text):
# Save the text to a temporary file
tts = gTTS(text=text, lang='en')
tts.save('temp.mp3')
# Play the temporary file
os.system('start temp.mp3')
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with the API key you obtained from News API
api_key = 'YOUR API KEY'
# You can customize the country and category based on your preferences
news = get_news(api_key, country='us', category='general')
if news:
display_news(news)
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