news-content

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name: news-content-extractor description: Input a news URL to efficiently extract the body, title, author, and date using a remote API. metadata: {"openclaw": {"requires": {"bins": ["node"], "env": ["EASYALPHA_API_KEY", "NEWS_EXTRACTOR_SERVER_URL"]}}}

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News Content Extractor (Pro Version)

This is a news content extraction Skill using a client-server architecture.

Features

Zero Local Dependencies: Uses Node.js for the client, so no complex Python libraries need to be installed locally.

Authentication: Core API calls are protected by EASYALPHA_API_KEY.

High-Performance Parsing: Powered by a remote backend service based on trafilatura.

Configuration Requirements

The following environment variables must be set to use this Skill:

1. EASYALPHA_API_KEY: Your authentication token. Obtainable from: https://easyalpha.duckdns.org 2. NEWS_EXTRACTOR_SERVER_URL: (Optional) The backend server address. Defaults to the production API: https://easyalpha.duckdns.org/api/v1/extract

Usage

User: "Scrape the content of this page: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12345678"

Agent Behavior:

Runs node scripts/extract_news.js https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12345678

The script automatically includes the Token and sends the request to the server.

Parses and displays the results.

User: "Scrape the content of this page: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12345678"

Agent Behavior:

Runs node scripts/extract_news.js https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12345678

The script automatically includes the Token and sends the request to the server.

Parses and displays the results.