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Python SDK for the AskNews API.
pip install asknews
from asknews_sdk import AskNewsSDK
ask = AskNewsSDK(
client_id=<"YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
client_secret="<YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET>",
scopes=["news", "chat", "stories", "analytics"]
)
query = "Effect of fed policy on tech sector"
# prompt-optimized string ready to go for any LLM:
news_context = ask.news.search_news(query).as_string
And you will have a prompt-optimized string ready to go for any LLM. The API doesn't stop there, explore a wide range of endpoints:
Find full details at the AskNews API documentation.
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Python SDK for AskNews
We found that asknews demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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