GeekNews

About

This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server fetches articles from GeekNews, a popular news aggregator. Implemented in Python, it uses BeautifulSoup for web scraping. To minimize server load, the server automatically parses and caches data once a day. It provides tools to retrieve articles of different types (top, new, ask, show) and weekly news with detailed information including title, URL, points, author, and comments.

Key Features

• Retrieves weekly news with details like title, number, ID, content, and items.
• Uses a scheduler to periodically validate and update the cache.
• Fetches articles from GeekNews with specified types and number.
• Provides cached data for 24 hours before updating.
• Caches data daily to reduce server load.
• 8 GitHub stars

Use Cases

• Reducing load on the GeekNews server by using cached data.
• Integrating GeekNews articles into other applications.
• Building custom news feeds based on GeekNews content.