Welcome folks today in this blog post we will be making a news app in tkinter using newsapi.org api in python. All the full source code of the application is given below.

Get Started

In order to get started you need to install the following library using the pip command as shown below

pip install tkinter

pip install requests

pip install json

After installing this library make an app.py file and copy paste the following code

app.py

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import messagebox 
import requests 
import json 
type = 'sports'
apiKey = '###YOURAPIKEY###'
BASE_URL = f'http://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?country=in&category={type}&apiKey='+apiKey 


class NewsApp: 
    global apiKey, type

    def __init__(self, root): 
        self.root = root 
        self.root.geometry('1350x700+0+0') 
        self.root.title("eNewsPaper") 

        #====variables========# 
        self.newsCatButton = [] 
        self.newsCat = ["genral", "entertainment", 
                        "business", "sports", "technology", "health"] 

        #========title frame===========# 
        bg_color = "#404040"
        text_area_bg = "#b8e0c4"
        basic_font_color = "#ccc4c4"
        title = Label(self.root, text="NewsPaper Software", font=("times new roman", 30, "bold"), 
                    pady=2, bd=12, relief=GROOVE, bg=bg_color, fg=basic_font_color).pack(fill=X) 

        F1 = LabelFrame(self.root, text="Category", font=( 
            "times new roman", 20, "bold"), bg=bg_color, fg=basic_font_color, bd=10, relief=GROOVE) 
        F1.place(x=0, y=80, width=300, relheight=0.88) 

        for i in range(len(self.newsCat)): 
            b = Button(F1, text=self.newsCat[i].upper( 
            ), width=20, bd=7, font="arial 15 bold") 
            b.grid(row=i, column=0, padx=10, pady=5) 
            b.bind('<Button-1>', self.Newsarea) 
            self.newsCatButton.append(b) 

        #=======news frame=======# 
        F2 = Frame(self.root, bd=7, relief=GROOVE) 
        F2.place(x=320, y=80, relwidth=0.7, relheight=0.8) 
        news_title = Label(F2, text="News Area", font=( 
            "arial", 20, "bold"), bd=7, relief=GROOVE).pack(fill=X) 
        scroll_y = Scrollbar(F2, orient=VERTICAL) 
        self.txtarea = Text(F2, yscrollcommand=scroll_y.set, font=( 
            "times new roman", 15, "bold"), bg=text_area_bg, fg="#3206b8") 
        scroll_y.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y) 
        scroll_y.config(command=self.txtarea.yview) 
        self.txtarea.insert( 
            END, "PLEASE SELECT ANY CATEGORY TO SHOW HEADLINES AND PLEASE BE PATIENT IT DEPENDS ON UR INTERNET CONNECTIONS!!!!") 
        self.txtarea.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1) 

    def Newsarea(self, event): 
        type = event.widget.cget('text').lower() 
        BASE_URL = f'http://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?country=in&category={type}&apiKey='+apiKey 
        self.txtarea.delete("1.0", END) 
        self.txtarea.insert(END, f"\n Welcome to GFG news paper\n") 
        self.txtarea.insert( 
            END, "--------------------------------------------------------------------\n") 
        try: 
            articles = (requests.get(BASE_URL).json())['articles'] 
            if(articles != 0): 
                for i in range(len(articles)): 
                    self.txtarea.insert(END, f"{articles[i]['title']}\n") 
                    self.txtarea.insert( 
                        END, f"{articles[i]['description']}\n\n") 
                    self.txtarea.insert(END, f"{articles[i]['content']}\n\n") 
                    self.txtarea.insert( 
                        END, f"read more...{articles[i]['url']}\n") 
                    self.txtarea.insert( 
                        END, "--------------------------------------------------------------------\n") 
                    self.txtarea.insert( 
                        END, "--------------------------------------------------------------------\n") 
            else: 
                self.txtarea.insert(END, "Sorry no news available") 
        except Exception as e: 
            messagebox.showerror( 
                'ERROR', "Sorry cant connect to internet or some issues with newsapp :'(") 


root = Tk() 
obj = NewsApp(root) 
root.mainloop()

Now replace the api_key inside the above script for getting the api key of newsapi.org follow the steps here

Go to official newsapi.org site

After replacing your own api_key then run the python script by typing the below command as shown below

python app.py