Blink News- AI-Powered News Summarization
Areeb Ahmed
Blink News - AI-Powered News Summarization
Overview
Blink News is a Flask-based news aggregation platform that fetches the latest news articles and generates AI-powered summaries using Google's Gemini AI. The application allows users to browse news articles, search for specific topics, and access concise summaries for quick reading.
Features
Fetches real-time news articles from NewsAPI
Uses Gemini AI for automatic summarization
Categorized news browsing (e.g., Business, Technology, Sports, etc.)
Search functionality for finding relevant articles
Background task processing using Celery (optional)
Database storage using SQLite3
Tech Stack
Backend: Flask (Python)
Database: SQLite3
APIs: NewsAPI, Google Gemini AI
Environment Management: Python-dotenv
Background Tasks: Celery (optional)
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Installation & Setup
1. Clone the repository
2. Create and activate a virtual environment
3. Install dependencies
4. Set up environment variables
Create a
.env file and add your API keys:5. Run the application
The app will run on
http://127.0.0.1:5000.API Endpoints
GET / - Homepage with latest articles
GET /category/ - Fetch articles by category
GET /search?q= - Search for articles
GET /article?url=<article_url> - View a specific article
GET /refresh - Force-refresh news articles
Contribution
Feel free to fork this repository and contribute! If you encounter issues, open a GitHub issue.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
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Posted Mar 11, 2025
Blink News is a Flask-based news aggregation platform that fetches the latest news articles and generates AI-powered summaries using Google's Gemini AI.
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