Anonymous News Aggregator

A simple news aggregator application that fetches and stores RSS feed articles from multiple sources. The application is built using Node.js, Express, SQLite3, and RSS-parser.

Features

• Fetches and aggregates news articles from various RSS feeds.
• Stores the articles in a SQLite database.
• Provides an API to retrieve stored articles.
• Serves a web frontend to display the articles.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express, SQLite3
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• RSS Parsing: RSS-Parser

Installation

Prerequisites

1. Node.js: Download and install Node.js
2. Git: Download and install Git

Steps

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/anonymous-news-aggregator.git
   cd anonymous-news-aggregator

2. Install the dependencies:

   npm install

3. Ensure you have the feeds.json file and news.db file:

   • feeds.json: A JSON file containing RSS feed URLs and their respective names.
   • news.db: The SQLite database where the articles will be stored (automatically created on the first run if it doesn't exist).

4. Start the server:

   node server.js

   The server will start on http://localhost:3000.

Usage

1. Visit the homepage:
   Open a web browser and go to http://localhost:3000.

2. API:
   To get all the articles, make a GET request to the following endpoint:

   http://localhost:3000/api/articles

   This will return a JSON response with the latest 50 articles.

Project Structure

• backend/: Contains server-side logic and database files.
  • server.js: The main server file with routes and logic for fetching and storing RSS feeds.
  • news.db: SQLite3 database storing articles.
  • feeds.json: A JSON file containing RSS feed URLs and source names.
• frontend/: Contains the frontend files (HTML, CSS, JS) served by Express.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature).
3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature').
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/your-feature).
6. Create a new Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to RSS-Parser for simplifying RSS feed parsing.
• Thanks to SQLite3 for the lightweight database solution.

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