BONMEDIA News Research Tool

2023-1st semester serviceteam_seminar

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Python Flask Web Application with MongoDB Backend

This repository contains a simple Flask web application that interfaces with a MongoDB backend to display and search news articles.

Files & Description:

1. app.py:

   • Sets up the Flask web application.
   • Connects to the MongoDB dbbonmedia database.
   • Defines routes for the main page (/), listing all news articles (/api/list), and searching articles based on user input (/search).

2. init_db.py:

   • Utilizes newsapi to fetch articles related to 'crypto' and 'web3'.
   • Inserts the fetched articles into the MongoDB news collection.
   • Before insertion, it clears out the existing data in the news collection.

Setting Up:

1. Ensure MongoDB is running and accessible on localhost:27017.
2. Install necessary Python libraries:

   pip install Flask pymongo newsapi-python

3. Run init_db.py to fetch the latest news articles and populate the MongoDB database.

   python init_db.py

4. Run app.py to start the Flask web application.

   python app.py

Features:

• Display all news articles from the MongoDB news collection on the main page.
• Search functionality to filter articles based on user input.