News.py

#This module was written primarily by Vinayak Sareen and edited slightly by Humza Shahid for GUI integration.
#To see Vinayak's original work, compare this file with the other News.py in this repository. This News.py contains Humza's changes.

import requests

def newsFunc(newsSource):
    ''' Gets news source from GUI, then returns article titles and URLs '''
    News_Source = ['','https://newsapi.org/v1/articles?source=bbc-news&sortBy=top&apiKey=991c214e1ef4461cbae43df7805cafde','https://newsapi.org/v1/articles?source=the-times-of-india&sortBy=top&apiKey=991c214e1ef4461cbae43df7805cafde',"https://newsapi.org/v1/articles?source=the-new-york-times&sortBy=top&apiKey=991c214e1ef4461cbae43df7805cafde"]
    articleList = []
    urlList = []
    if newsSource == "bbc":
        User_news_source = 1
    elif newsSource == "times of india":
        User_news_source = 2
    elif newsSource == "new york times":
        User_news_source = 3
    else:
        return None
    Source = News_Source[User_news_source]
    response = requests.get(Source).json()
    Index_range = len(response['articles']) - 1
    for index in range(0,Index_range)  :
        try:
            article = response['articles'][index]['title']
            articleList.append(article)
            urlList.append(response['articles'][index]['url'])
        except TypeError:
            continue
    return(articleList, urlList)