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ai-podcast/backend/services/news.py
tcpsyn e45ba2617a Switch news service from Google News to local SearXNG
- Use local SearXNG at localhost:8888 instead of Google News RSS
- No more 302 redirects or blocked requests — local is fast and reliable
- 5s timeout on all SearXNG requests
- Removed async locks (no contention needed for local service)
- Re-enabled research and headlines

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-06 21:34:45 -07:00

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"""News service using local SearXNG for current events awareness in AI callers"""
import asyncio
import time
import re
from dataclasses import dataclass
import httpx
SEARXNG_URL = "http://localhost:8888"
@dataclass
class NewsItem:
title: str
source: str
published: str
class NewsService:
def __init__(self):
self._client: httpx.AsyncClient | None = None
self._headlines_cache: list[NewsItem] = []
self._headlines_ts: float = 0
self._search_cache: dict[str, tuple[float, list[NewsItem]]] = {}
@property
def client(self) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
if self._client is None or self._client.is_closed:
self._client = httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0)
return self._client
async def get_headlines(self) -> list[NewsItem]:
# Cache for 30min
if self._headlines_cache and time.time() - self._headlines_ts < 1800:
return self._headlines_cache
try:
resp = await self.client.get(
f"{SEARXNG_URL}/search",
params={"q": "news", "format": "json", "categories": "news"},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
items = self._parse_searxng(resp.json(), max_items=10)
self._headlines_cache = items
self._headlines_ts = time.time()
return items
except Exception as e:
print(f"[News] Headlines fetch failed: {e}")
self._headlines_ts = time.time()
return self._headlines_cache
async def search_topic(self, query: str) -> list[NewsItem]:
cache_key = query.lower()
if cache_key in self._search_cache:
ts, items = self._search_cache[cache_key]
if time.time() - ts < 600:
return items
# Evict oldest when cache too large
if len(self._search_cache) > 50:
oldest_key = min(self._search_cache, key=lambda k: self._search_cache[k][0])
del self._search_cache[oldest_key]
try:
resp = await self.client.get(
f"{SEARXNG_URL}/search",
params={"q": query, "format": "json", "categories": "news"},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
items = self._parse_searxng(resp.json(), max_items=5)
self._search_cache[cache_key] = (time.time(), items)
return items
except Exception as e:
print(f"[News] Search failed for '{query}': {e}")
if cache_key in self._search_cache:
return self._search_cache[cache_key][1]
return []
def _parse_searxng(self, data: dict, max_items: int = 10) -> list[NewsItem]:
items = []
for result in data.get("results", [])[:max_items]:
title = result.get("title", "").strip()
if not title:
continue
# Extract source from engines list or metadata
engines = result.get("engines", [])
source = engines[0] if engines else ""
published = result.get("publishedDate", "")
items.append(NewsItem(title=title, source=source, published=published))
return items
def format_headlines_for_prompt(self, items: list[NewsItem]) -> str:
lines = []
for item in items:
if item.source:
lines.append(f"- {item.title} ({item.source})")
else:
lines.append(f"- {item.title}")
return "\n".join(lines)
async def close(self):
if self._client and not self._client.is_closed:
await self._client.aclose()
STOP_WORDS = {
"the", "a", "an", "is", "are", "was", "were", "be", "been", "being",
"have", "has", "had", "do", "does", "did", "will", "would", "could",
"should", "may", "might", "shall", "can", "need", "dare", "ought",
"used", "to", "of", "in", "for", "on", "with", "at", "by", "from",
"as", "into", "through", "during", "before", "after", "above", "below",
"between", "out", "off", "over", "under", "again", "further", "then",
"once", "here", "there", "when", "where", "why", "how", "all", "both",
"each", "few", "more", "most", "other", "some", "such", "no", "nor",
"not", "only", "own", "same", "so", "than", "too", "very", "just",
"but", "and", "or", "if", "while", "because", "until", "about",
"that", "this", "these", "those", "what", "which", "who", "whom",
"it", "its", "he", "him", "his", "she", "her", "they", "them",
"their", "we", "us", "our", "you", "your", "me", "my", "i",
# Casual speech fillers
"yeah", "well", "like", "man", "dude", "okay", "right", "know",
"think", "mean", "really", "actually", "honestly", "basically",
"literally", "stuff", "thing", "things", "something", "anything",
"nothing", "everything", "someone", "anyone", "everyone", "nobody",
"gonna", "wanna", "gotta", "kinda", "sorta", "dunno",
"look", "see", "say", "said", "tell", "told", "talk", "talking",
"feel", "felt", "guess", "sure", "maybe", "probably", "never",
"always", "still", "even", "much", "many", "also", "got", "get",
"getting", "going", "come", "came", "make", "made", "take", "took",
"give", "gave", "want", "keep", "kept", "let", "put", "went",
"been", "being", "doing", "having", "call", "called", "calling",
"tonight", "today", "night", "time", "long", "good", "bad",
"first", "last", "back", "down", "ever", "away", "cant", "dont",
"didnt", "doesnt", "isnt", "wasnt", "wont", "wouldnt", "couldnt",
"shouldnt", "aint", "stop", "start", "started", "help",
# Radio show filler
"welcome", "thanks", "thank", "show", "roost", "luke", "whats",
"youre", "thats", "heres", "theyre", "ive", "youve", "weve",
"sounds", "listen", "hear", "heard", "happen", "happened",
"happening", "absolutely", "definitely", "exactly", "totally",
"pretty", "little", "whole", "every", "point", "sense", "real",
"great", "cool", "awesome", "amazing", "crazy", "weird", "funny",
"tough", "hard", "wrong", "true", "trying", "tried", "works",
"working", "anymore", "already", "enough", "though", "whatever",
"theres", "making", "saying", "keeping", "possible", "instead",
"front", "behind", "course", "talks", "happens", "watch",
"everybodys", "pants", "husband", "client",
}
def extract_keywords(text: str, max_keywords: int = 3) -> list[str]:
words = text.split()
if len(words) < 8:
return [] # Too short to extract meaningful topics
keywords = []
# Only look for proper nouns that are likely real topics (not caller names)
proper_nouns = []
for i, word in enumerate(words):
clean = re.sub(r'[^\w]', '', word)
if not clean or len(clean) < 3:
continue
is_sentence_start = i == 0 or (i > 0 and words[i - 1].rstrip()[-1:] in '.!?')
if clean[0].isupper() and not is_sentence_start and clean.lower() not in STOP_WORDS:
proper_nouns.append(clean)
# Only use proper nouns if we found 2+ (single one is probably a name)
if len(proper_nouns) >= 2:
for noun in proper_nouns[:max_keywords]:
if noun not in keywords:
keywords.append(noun)
if len(keywords) >= max_keywords:
return keywords
# Pass 2: uncommon words (>5 chars, not in stop words)
for word in words:
clean = re.sub(r'[^\w]', '', word).lower()
if len(clean) > 5 and clean not in STOP_WORDS:
if clean not in [k.lower() for k in keywords]:
keywords.append(clean)
if len(keywords) >= max_keywords:
return keywords
return keywords
news_service = NewsService()