news_reader_script.txt

intent("What does this app do?", "What can I do here?",
      reply("This is a news project."));

//NewsAPI key from https://newsapi.org/
const API_KEY = "176b2218090a48a9bce3edaa4ddcd930";
let savedArticles = [];

// News by Source
intent("Give me the news from $(source* (.*))", (p) => {
    let NEWS_API_URL = `https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?apiKey=${API_KEY}`;
    
    if(p.source.value) {
        NEWS_API_URL = `${NEWS_API_URL}&sources=${p.source.value.toLowerCase().split(" ").join("-")}`
    }
    
    api.request(NEWS_API_URL, (error, response, body) => {
        const { articles } = JSON.parse(body);
        
        if(!articles.length) {
            p.play("Sorry, please try searching for news from a different source");
            return;
        }
        
        savedArticles = articles;
        
        p.play({ command: "newHeadlines", articles});
        p.play(`Here are the (latest|recent) ${p.source.value}.`);
        
        p.play("Would you like, meto read the headlines?");
        p.then(confirmation);
    });
});

// News by Term
intent("What\'s up with $(term* (.*))", (p) => {
    let NEWS_API_URL = `https://newsapi.org/v2/everything?apiKey=${API_KEY}`;
    
    if(p.term.value) {
        NEWS_API_URL = `${NEWS_API_URL}&q=${p.term.value}`
    }
    
    api.request(NEWS_API_URL, (error, response, body) => {
        const { articles } = JSON.parse(body);
        
        if(!articles.length) {
            p.play("Sorry, please try searching for something else.");
            return;
        }
        
        savedArticles = articles;
        
        p.play({ command: "newHeadlines", articles});
        p.play(`Here are the (latest|recent) articles on ${p.term.value}.`);
        
        p.play("Would you like, meto read the headlines?");
        p.then(confirmation);
    });
});

// News by Categories
const CATEGORIES = ['business', 'entertainment', 'general', 'health', 'science', 'sports', 'technology'];
const CATEGORIES_INTENT = `${CATEGORIES.map((category) => `${category}~${category}`).join('|')}|`;

intent(`(show|what is|tell me|what's|what are|what're|read) (the|) (recent|latest|) $(N news|headlines) (in|about|on|) $(C~ ${CATEGORIES_INTENT})`,
  `(read|show|get|bring me|give me) (the|) (recent|latest) $(C~ ${CATEGORIES_INTENT}) $(N news|headlines)`, (p) => {
    let NEWS_API_URL = `https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?apiKey=${API_KEY}&country=in`;
    
    if(p.C.value) {
        NEWS_API_URL = `${NEWS_API_URL}&category=${p.C.value}`
    }
    
    api.request(NEWS_API_URL, (error, response, body) => {
        const { articles } = JSON.parse(body);
        
        if(!articles.length) {
            p.play("Sorry, please try searching for news from a different category.");
            return;
        }
        
        savedArticles = articles;
        
        p.play({ command: "newHeadlines", articles});
        if(p.C.value) {
            p.play(`Here are the (latest|recent) article on ${p.C.value}.`);
        } else {
            p.play(`Here are the (latest|recent) news.`);
        }
        
        p.play("Would you like, meto read the headlines?");
        p.then(confirmation);
    });
});

const confirmation = context(() => {
    intent("yes", async (p) => {
        for(let i=0; i<savedArticles.length; i++) {
            p.play({ command: "highlight", article: savedArticles[i]});
            p.play(`${savedArticles[i].title}`);
        }
    });
    intent("no", (p) => {
        p.play("Sure, sounds good to me.");
    });
});

intent(`open (the|) (article|) (number|) $(number* (.*))`, (p) => {
    if(p.number.value) {
        p.play({ command: "open", number: p.number.value, articles: savedArticles});
    }
});

intent("(go|) back", (p) => {
    p.play("Sure, going back");
    p.play({ command: "newHeadlines", articles: []});
});