🧵 [Release] SkyNewsBot – Real-Time IRC News Bot for Malaysia 🇲🇾
Hey everyone,
I just finished building SkyNewsBot, an IRC bot that fetches hourly headlines from Malaysia’s top news sources — Bernama and Astro Awani — and auto-posts them to your IRC channel.
🔧 What It Does
- Connects to your IRC server via IPv6
- Grabs live headlines from both RSS feeds every hour
- Sends formatted updates to your specified channel
📦 GitHub Repo
👉 github.com/SkyChatz/SkyNewsBot
🧰 Requirements
Python 3, plus:
pip install cloudscraper beautifulsoup4 lxml🕒 Automated Updates
No commands needed — the bot posts fresh news at the top of every hour. Totally hands-off once it’s running.
💬 Sample Output
🕒 Hourly Update: Bernama & Astro Awani
Bernama: MAF Joins Diplomatic Military Visit To Cambodia-Thailand Border - http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=...
Astro Awani: Vietnam, Malaysia PMs Discuss Bilateral Issues - https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/...
✅ News synced at 13:00.
🧠 Why I Built This
To give Malaysian IRC communities a real-time pulse on national events, politics, sports, and more — straight from trusted news sources.
Would love your feedback, ideas, or feature requests! I’m planning to add command triggers (!update, !bernamanews, etc), category filtering, and maybe even Telegram integration next.
Thanks for checking it out 🙌
— SkyChatz
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