NPR News Now CLI
Listen to the latest news right from your terminal.
Intended Audience: Software devs who like doing as much as they can in the terminal.
NPR publishes hourly news briefs called NPR News Now — The latest news in five minutes. Updated hourly.
The npr-news-now-cli package makes it easy to catch up on the latest news right from a terminal window. It works by parsing the podcast's RSS feed and playing the latest episode using VLC in the terminal.
Prerequisites
Before you install and use npr-news-now-cli, you need to have VLC media player installed on your system as it relies on the VLC bindings for audio playback. Please follow the installation instructions on the VLC official website.
Installation
To install npr-news-now-cli, make sure you have Python and pip installed on your system, then run the following command:
pip install npr-news-now-cli
Usage
After installation, you can run the tool using the following command:
npr-news-now
To stop listening, use ctrl+c in your terminal. It will also quit when the clip is finished playing.
Contribute
The code is available on GitHub: alexpgates/npr-news-now-cli
Disclaimer
This tool is not officially affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored, or endorsed by NPR (National Public Radio) or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. This is an independent and unofficial project. Use at your own risk. The content accessed by this tool is subject to NPR's own terms of use.