RSS News-feed reader GUI V1.61

"""RSS News-feed reader GUI V1.61.

By Steve Shambles Sept 2018
Updated Nov 2019
stevepython.wordpress.com

pip3 install beautifulsoup4
"""
import sys
from tkinter import BOTTOM, Button, LabelFrame, Listbox, Menu, messagebox
from tkinter import  RIGHT, Scrollbar, Tk, X, Y
import urllib.request
from urllib.request import urlopen
import webbrowser
import xml.etree.ElementTree as  ElementTree

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as soup

root = Tk()
root.title('NewsBox V1.61')

if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
    root.geometry('464x632')
    root.resizable(False, False)
else:
    root.geometry('517x663')


def sky_btn():
    """When sky button clicked. Clear listbox, fill with news."""
    list_box.delete('0', 'end')
    skysports_url = 'https://www.skysports.com/rss/12040'
    skysports_news(skysports_url)

def fox_btn():
    """When fox button clicked. Clear listbox, fill with news."""
    list_box.delete('0', 'end')
    foxsports_url = 'https://api.foxsports.com/v1/'  \
                    'rss?partnerKey=zBaFxRyGKCfxBagJG9b8pqLyndmvo7UU'
    foxsports_news(foxsports_url)

def buzz_btn():
    """When buzz button clicked. Clear listbox, fill with news."""
    list_box.delete('0', 'end')
    buzz_url = 'https://www.buzzfeed.com/world.xml'
    buzz_news(buzz_url)

def ny_btn():
    """When nytimes button clicked. Clear listbox, fill with news."""
    list_box.delete('0', 'end')
    nytimes_url = 'https://www.nytimes.com/svc/collections/v1/publish/'  \
                  'https://www.nytimes.com/section/world/rss.xml'
    nytimes_news(nytimes_url)

def bbc_btn():
    """When bbc button clicked. Clear listbox, fill with news."""
    list_box.delete('0', 'end')
    bbc_news()

def google_btn():
    """When google button clicked. Clear listbox, fill with news."""
    list_box.delete('0', 'end')
    google_url = 'https://news.google.com/news/rss/?ned=uk&gl=US&hl=en'
    google_news(google_url)

def skysports_news(xml_news_url):
    """Retrieve and display skysports news in listbox from RSS feed."""
    gnews_client = urlopen(xml_news_url)
    xml_page = gnews_client.read()
    gnews_client.close()

    soup_page = soup(xml_page, 'xml')
    news_list = soup_page.findAll('item')
    list_box.insert('end', '                                    SKY SPORTS HEADLINES')
    list_box.itemconfig('end', {'bg': 'dodgerblue'})
    list_box.insert('end', ' ' *85)

    for skysports_news in news_list:
        PDate = (skysports_news.pubDate.text)
        list_box.insert('end', PDate)
        Tit = (skysports_news.title.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Tit)
        Lnk = (skysports_news.link.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Lnk)
        list_box.itemconfig('end', {'fg': 'blue'})
        list_box.insert('end', '-' *85)

def foxsports_news(xml_news_url):
    """Retrieve and display foxsports news in listbox from RSS feed."""
    gnews_client = urlopen(xml_news_url)
    xml_page = gnews_client.read()
    gnews_client.close()

    soup_page = soup(xml_page, 'xml')
    news_list = soup_page.findAll('item')
    list_box.insert('end', '                                 FOX SPORTS NEWS HEADLINES')
    list_box.itemconfig('end', {'bg': 'orange'})
    list_box.insert('end', ' ' *85)

    for foxsports_news in news_list:
        PDate = (foxsports_news.pubDate.text)
        list_box.insert('end', PDate)
        Tit = (foxsports_news.title.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Tit)
        Lnk = (foxsports_news.link.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Lnk)
        list_box.itemconfig('end', {'fg': 'blue'})
        list_box.insert('end', '-' *85)

def buzz_news(xml_news_url):
    """Retrieve and display buzzfeed news in listbox from RSS feed."""
    gnews_client = urlopen(xml_news_url)
    xml_page = gnews_client.read()
    gnews_client.close()

    soup_page = soup(xml_page, 'xml')
    news_list = soup_page.findAll('item')
    list_box.insert('end', '                                 BUZZFEED NEWS HEADLINES')
    list_box.itemconfig('end', {'bg': 'salmon'})
    list_box.insert('end', ' ' *85)

    for buzz_news in news_list:
        PDate = (buzz_news.pubDate.text)
        list_box.insert('end', PDate)
        Tit = (buzz_news.title.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Tit)
        Lnk = (buzz_news.link.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Lnk)
        list_box.itemconfig('end', {'fg': 'blue'})
        list_box.insert('end', '-' *85)

def nytimes_news(xml_news_url):
    """Retrieve and display nytimes news in listbox from RSS feed."""
    gnews_client = urlopen(xml_news_url)
    xml_page = gnews_client.read()
    gnews_client.close()

    soup_page = soup(xml_page, 'xml')
    news_list = soup_page.findAll('item')
    list_box.insert('end', '                             NEW YORK TIMES NEWS HEADLINES')
    list_box.itemconfig('end', {'bg': 'green2'})
    list_box.insert('end', ' ' *85)

    for nytimes_news in news_list:
        PDate = (nytimes_news.pubDate.text)
        list_box.insert('end', PDate)
        Tit = (nytimes_news.title.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Tit)
        Lnk = (nytimes_news.link.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Lnk)
        list_box.itemconfig('end', {'fg': 'blue'})
        list_box.insert('end', '-' *85)

def google_news(xml_news_url):
    """Retrieve and display google news in listbox from RSS feed."""
    gnews_client = urlopen(xml_news_url)
    xml_page = gnews_client.read()
    gnews_client.close()

    soup_page = soup(xml_page, 'xml')
    news_list = soup_page.findAll('item')
    list_box.insert('end', '                                  GOOGLE NEWS HEADLINES')
    list_box.itemconfig('end', {'bg': 'gold'})
    list_box.insert('end', ' ' *85)

    for google_news in news_list:
        PDate = (google_news.pubDate.text)
        list_box.insert('end', PDate)
        Tit = (google_news.title.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Tit)
        Lnk = (google_news.link.text)
        list_box.insert('end', Lnk)
        list_box.itemconfig('end', {'fg': 'blue'})
        list_box.insert('end', '-' *85)

def bbc_news():
    """Retrieve and display bbc news in listbox from RSS feed."""
    bbc_url = 'http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml'
    REQ = urllib.request.urlopen(bbc_url)
    PAGE = REQ.read()
    DOC = ElementTree.fromstring(PAGE)
    list_box.insert('end', '                               BBC WORLD NEWS HEADLINES')
    list_box.itemconfig('end', {'bg': 'plum'})
    list_box.insert('end', ' ' *85)

    for item in DOC.iter('item'):
        title = item.find('title').text
        pubDate = item.find('pubDate').text
        list_box.insert('end', pubDate)
        list_box.insert('end', title)
        link = item.find('link').text
        list_box.insert('end', link)
        list_box.itemconfig('end', {'fg': 'blue'})
        list_box.insert('end', '-' *85)

def double_clicked(event):
    """Double clicked mouse on an item"""
    ev_w = event.widget
    idx = int(ev_w.curselection()[0])
    value = ev_w.get(idx)
    # Check is a url.
    if 'http' in value:
        webbrowser.open(value)

def about_menu():
    """About program pop up."""
    messagebox.showinfo('About', 'NewsBox V1.61.\n'
                        'By Steve Shambles.\n'
                        'Sept 2018.\n'
                        'Updated Nov 2019.')

def visit_blog():
    """Visit my blog, you know it makes sense."""
    webbrowser.open('https://stevepython.wordpress.com/')

# Create 2 frames.
btn_frame = LabelFrame(root)
btn_frame.grid(row=0, column=0)

listbox_frame = LabelFrame(root)
listbox_frame.grid(padx=8, pady=8)

# Drop-down menu.
MENU_BAR = Menu(root)
FILE_MENU = Menu(MENU_BAR, tearoff=0)
MENU_BAR.add_cascade(label='Menu', menu=FILE_MENU)
FILE_MENU.add_command(label='Visit Blog', command=visit_blog)
FILE_MENU.add_separator()
FILE_MENU.add_command(label='About', command=about_menu)
FILE_MENU.add_command(label='Exit', command=root.destroy)
root.config(menu=MENU_BAR)

# Buttons.
bbc_btn = Button(btn_frame, bg='plum', text='  BBC News  ', command=bbc_btn)
bbc_btn.grid(row=0, column=0, pady=4, padx=4)

google_btn = Button(btn_frame, bg='gold', text='Google News', command=google_btn)
google_btn.grid(row=0, column=1, pady=4, padx=4)

nytimes_btn = Button(btn_frame, bg='green2', text=' NY Times  ', command=ny_btn)
nytimes_btn.grid(row=0, column=2, pady=4, padx=4)

sky_btn = Button(btn_frame, bg='dodgerblue', text=' Sky Sports  ', command=sky_btn)
sky_btn.grid(row=1, column=0, pady=4, padx=4)

foxsports_btn = Button(btn_frame, bg='orange', text='  Fox Sports ', command=fox_btn)
foxsports_btn.grid(row=1, column=1, pady=4, padx=4)

buzz_btn = Button(btn_frame, bg='salmon', text=' BuzzFeed  ', command=buzz_btn)
buzz_btn.grid(row=1, column=2, pady=4, padx=4)

# Listbox with scrollbars.
list_box = Listbox(
    master=listbox_frame,
    selectmode='single',
    width=60,
    height=30,
    fg='black',
    bg='skyblue')

sbar_vert = Scrollbar(listbox_frame, orient='vertical')
sbar_vert.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y)
list_box.configure(yscrollcommand=sbar_vert.set)
sbar_vert.configure(command=list_box.yview)

sbar_hor = Scrollbar(listbox_frame, orient='horizontal')
sbar_hor.pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=X)
list_box.configure(xscrollcommand=sbar_hor.set)
sbar_hor.configure(command=list_box.xview)

list_box.pack()
list_box.bind('<Double-1>', double_clicked)

root.mainloop()