https://github.com/zemmsoares/polybar-news
📰 News display module for Polybar & i3blocks
https://github.com/zemmsoares/polybar-news
hackernews hackernews-api i3-blocks newsaggregator polybar polybar-config polybar-module polybar-scripts
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📰 News display module for Polybar & i3blocks
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/zemmsoares/polybar-news
- Owner: zemmsoares
- License: mit
- Created: 2018-07-04T14:21:49.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-07-12T22:43:29.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-11T04:04:24.758Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: hackernews, hackernews-api, i3-blocks, newsaggregator, polybar, polybar-config, polybar-module, polybar-scripts
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 5.6 MB
- Stars: 48
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: news_fetcher.py
- License: LICENSE.md
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- Awesome-Polybar - Poly News
README
# Polybar-news
A module to display the latest news on Polybar and i3blocks from multiple sources.
## Table of Contents
- [Polybar-news](#polybar-news)
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
- [Dependencies](#dependencies)
- [Setup Instructions](#setup-instructions)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [License](#license)
## Dependencies
- [requests](https://pypi.org/project/requests/) - Python requests
- [zscroll](https://github.com/noctuid/zscroll#installation) - For Polybar text scrolling *(optional)*
- [scroll](https://github.com/Anachron/i3blocks/blob/master/blocks/scroll) - For i3blocks text scrolling *(optional)*
## Setup Instructions
1. Clone the repository
2. Set up a Python environment and install dependencies *(optional but recommended)*
```bash
# Create the environment
python -m venv /path/to/environment
# Activate the environment
source /path/to/environment/bin/activate
# Install the dependencies
pip install requests
```
##### *Note: If you don't want to use a Python virtual environment, you can install the dependencies globally with pip install requests, but be aware this might conflict with other Python software on your system.
3. Create a `config.py` file in the root of the project folder. You can use the following examples as a template depending on the news source you want to use.
**For Hackernews:**
```python
news_source = "hackernews"
# Number of news articles to fetch
number_news = 5
```
**For NewsAPI:**
```python
news_source = "newsapi"
# Number of news articles to fetch
number_news = 5
# Register at NewsAPI.org to receive your API key.
api_key = ""
# Configure your desired news sources.
# For available options, refer to NewsAPI.org/sources.
sources = ""
# Configure your desired country.
# Note: You can only filter either by sources or country. (leave one empty "")
country = ""
```
4. Add the following modules to your Polybar or i3blocks configuration file. Be sure to replace `/path/to/environment` and `/path/to/polybar-news` with your own paths.
## Polybar Modules
```ini
; Fetches news from API and saves it into articles.json
[module/news-fetcher]
type = custom/script
exec = /path/to/environment/bin/python /path/to/polybar-news/news_fetcher.py
; This module runs every 900 seconds (15 minutes) if the news source is NewsAPI due to its API limit of 100 calls per day for free tier accounts
interval = 900
; Rotates through the list of news articles in articles.json
; and saves the current article's title and URL in separate text files
; This module runs every X seconds to change the displayed article
[module/news-rotator]
type = custom/script
interval = 60
exec = /path/to/environment/bin/python /path/to/polybar-news/news_rotator.py
; Displays the current news article title
; Refreshes every second to ensure updated information is displayed
; On left click, opens the current article's URL in the default web browser
[module/news-display]
type = custom/script
tail = true
interval = 1
format-prefix = "  "
format =
label-padding = 1
label-maxlen = 50
exec = /path/to/polybar-news/print_current_article.sh
click-left = < /path/to/polybar-news/current_article_url.txt xargs -I % xdg-open %
```
## i3Blocks
```ini
# Fetches news from API and saves it into articles.json
[news-fetcher]
command=/path/to/environment/bin/python /path/to/polybar-news/news_fetcher.py
interval=900
separator=false
# Rotates through the list of news articles in articles.json
# and saves the current article's title and URL in separate text files
# This module runs every X seconds to change the displayed article
[news-rotator]
command=/path/to/environment/bin/python /path/to/polybar-news/news_rotator.py
interval=60
separator=false
# Displays the current news article title
# Refreshes every second to ensure updated information is displayed
# On left click, opens the current article's URL in the default web browser
[news-display]
command=path/to/polybar-news/print_current_article.sh
interval=1
separator=true
markup=pango
label=
command=if [ $button ]; then xdg-open "$(cat /path/to/polybar-news/current_article_url.txt)"; else $HOME/.config/i3/i3blocks/scroll path/to/polybar-news/print_current_article.sh; fi
```
6. Text Scrolling (Optional)
### Polybar
1. Install [zscroll](https://github.com/noctuid/zscroll#installation)
2. Modify the `news-display` module in your Polybar configuration file to use the `scroll_current_article.sh` script:
```ini
[module/news-display]
...
exec = /path/to/polybar-news/scroll_current_article.sh
...
```
### i3blocks
1. Download the `scroll` script:
```bash
curl -o ~/.config/i3blocks/scroll https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Anachron/i3blocks/master/blocks/scroll
```
2. Make the `scroll` script executable:
```bash
chmod +x ~/.config/i3blocks/scroll
```
3. Modify the `news-display` module in your i3blocks configuration file to use the `scroll` script and `print_current_article.sh` script:
```ini
[news-display]
command=~/.config/i3blocks/scroll /path/to/polybar-news/print_current_article.sh
interval=1
separator=true
markup=pango
label=
command=if [ $button ]; then xdg-open "$(cat /path/to/polybar-news/current_article_url.txt)"; else $HOME/.config/i3/i3blocks/scroll path/to/polybar-news/print_current_article.sh; fi
```
## Contributing
Contributions are always welcome! Feel free to open a pull request to contribute code, or create an issue to report a bug or suggest a new feature.
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.