Pakistan News Fetcher

Project Details

Pakistan News Fetcher is a lightweight command-line utility designed to crawl and fetch the latest headlines and article content from various Pakistani news websites.

Functionality & Flow:

• Utilizes Axios to make HTTP requests to news websites
• Uses Cheerio to parse and extract relevant content from HTML pages (titles, timestamps, links, summaries)
• Fetched data is cleaned and stored in structured CSV format for easy analysis or archiving
• Supports multiple major Pakistani news sources (e.g., Dunya, Geo, Express, ARY News & Bol News)

Key Features:

• Automated scraping and extraction of daily news updates
• Command-line interface with options to choose sources and output location
• Built for scripting, automation, or personal research use
• Organized CSV output with columns like headline, source, link, date, and summary

Technical Stack:

• Node.js and Express for CLI structure and tool logic
• Axios for HTTP fetching
• Cheerio for HTML scraping and parsing
• JavaScript for scripting and file handling

Outcome:

• Streamlined tool for collecting structured news data
• Useful for researchers, data journalists, or hobby projects
• Designed for easy customization and source extension