Blink News- AI-Powered News Summarization

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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

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

2. Create and activate a virtual environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows, use `venv\Scripts\activate`

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file and add your API keys:

NEWS_API_KEY=your_newsapi_key
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key

5. Run the application

flask run

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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