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MCP News Scraper

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MCP News Scraper

A Model Control Protocol (MCP) server that provides news scraping capabilities for Khaleej Times. This service allows you to fetch headlines and article content programmatically.

Features

  • Get the latest headline from Khaleej Times
  • Get all main headlines from Khaleej Times
  • Get full article content including title, paragraphs, author, and date

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.8 or higher
  • uv (Python package installer)
  • typer (for CLI functionality)

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone <your-repo-url> cd mcp-news
  1. Install dependencies using uv:
uv run mcp install main.py
  1. If you encounter any typer-related errors, install it separately:
pip install --upgrade typer

Running the Server

  1. Initialize the MCP server:
uv init mcp-server-demo cd mcp-server-demo
  1. Start the server:
python main.py

Available Tools

The server provides the following tools:

  1. get_khaleej_times(): Returns the latest headline from Khaleej Times
  2. get_khaleej_times_all(): Returns all main headlines from Khaleej Times
  3. get_khaleej_times_article(url): Returns the full content of an article from its URL

Usage with Claude Desktop

  1. Make sure the MCP server is running
  2. In Claude Desktop, you can interact with the news scraper using the available tools
  3. Example queries:
    • "Get me the latest headline from Khaleej Times"
    • "Show me all headlines from Khaleej Times"
    • "Get the content of this article: "

Project Structure

mcp-news/ ├── main.py # Main server file with MCP tools ├── news_sources/ # Directory containing news source implementations │ └── khaleej_times.py # Khaleej Times specific scraping logic └── README.md # This file

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests!

License

MIT License

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A Model Control Protocol server that provides news scraping capabilities for Khaleej Times, allowing users to fetch headlines and full article content programmatically.

  1. Features
    1. Prerequisites
      1. Installation
        1. Running the Server
          1. Available Tools
            1. Usage with Claude Desktop
              1. Project Structure
                1. Contributing
                  1. License

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