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// Retrieve news headlines from newsapi.org

// *****************************************************************************************************************

void getNewsFromInternet()

{

   const char* server = "newsapi.org";

   WiFiClientSecure client;

   client.setInsecure();

   const int httpPort = 443; // 80 is for HTTP / 443 is for HTTPS!

   int httpCode, count = 0;

   news_payload = "        ";

  

  Serial.println("\nStarting connection to server...");

  httpCode = client.connect(server, 443);

  Serial.println(httpCode);

  if (httpCode == 0)

    Serial.println("Connection failed!");

  else {

    Serial.println("Connected to server!");

    // Make a HTTP request:

    client.println("GET /v2/top-headlines?country=us&apiKey=myKey HTTP/1.1");

    client.println("Host: newsapi.org");

    client.println("Connection: close");

    client.println("User-Agent: ArduinoWiFi/1.0"); // This is an example User-Agent; you can set it to anything relevant

    client.println();



    while (client.connected()) {

      String line = client.readStringUntil('\n');

      if (line == "\r") {

        Serial.println("headers received");

        break;

      }

    }

    // if there are incoming bytes available

    // from the server, read them and print them:

    count = 0;

    while (client.available()) {

      n_payload[count++] = client.read();

      // news_payload += c;

    }

    n_payload[count] = 0x00;

    // Convert to String  

    news_payload = String(n_payload);

    Serial.print("news_payload = ");

    Serial.println(news_payload);

    Serial.println(news_payload.length());

    Serial.println(count);

    client.stop();

  }

}