📰 GONews - Open Source News API

A modern, production-ready RESTful API for managing news articles with advanced features

🌟 What's New - Now Open Source!

GONews has been migrated to open source! 🎉 We welcome contributions from the community. → Learn about the migration

✨ Key Features

🚀 Core Capabilities

• 📝 Article Management - Full CRUD operations with versioning
• 👥 User System - Authentication, roles, and profiles
• 🔍 Smart Search - AI-powered semantic search with OpenAI
• 📱 Real-time - WebSocket support for live updates
• 🌍 Multi-language - English, Spanish, Turkish support
• 📊 Analytics - Comprehensive metrics and tracking

🎯 Modern Features

• 🚨 Breaking News - Priority alerts and notifications
• � Stories System - Ephemeral content like Instagram stories
• 🎥 Video Support - Embedded video content and processing
• 🔴 Live Streams - Real-time event coverage
• 📱 Mobile-First - Optimized for mobile applications

🔒 Enterprise-Ready

• 🛡️ Security - JWT authentication, role-based access
• ⚡ Performance - Redis caching, HTTP/2 support
• 📊 Observability - Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards
• � DevOps - Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD ready

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Go 1.24+
• PostgreSQL 15+
• Redis 7+
• Docker (optional)

Get Running in 2 Minutes

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Madraka/GONews.git
cd GONews

# 2. Start services with Docker
make dev-up

# 3. Run the API
make dev

# 4. Visit API documentation
open http://localhost:8081/swagger/index.html

Manual Setup

# 1. Install dependencies
go mod download

# 2. Configure environment
cp .env.example .env  # Edit with your settings

# 3. Start database
make db-up

# 4. Run migrations
make migrate-up

# 5. Start API server
make run

📚 Documentation

Resource	Description
� Documentation Hub	Complete documentation index
🏃 Developer Guide	Setup and development workflow
🌟 Open Source Guide	How to contribute
📋 API Reference	Complete API documentation

🛠️ Development

Environment Management

# Development environment (recommended)
make env-dev && make dev-up && make dev

# Testing environment  
make env-test && make test-all

# Production environment
make env-prod && make prod-deploy

Key Commands

make build          # Build application
make test           # Run tests
make migrate-up     # Run database migrations
make docs           # Generate API documentation
make docker-build   # Build Docker image

🏗️ Project Structure

News/
├── � README.md                 # Project overview (you are here)
├── 📚 docs/                     # Complete documentation
│   ├── README.md               # Documentation index
│   ├── DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md      # Development setup
│   └── api_documentation.html  # API reference
├── 🚀 cmd/                     # Application entry points
├── 🔒 internal/                # Private application code
├── 🧪 tests/                   # Comprehensive test suite
├── 🐳 deployments/            # Docker & Kubernetes configs
├── 📊 monitoring/             # Observability setup
└── �️ scripts/               # Build and utility scripts

→ See complete project structure in docs

🌍 API Overview

Core Endpoints

• GET /api/articles - List articles with pagination
• POST /api/articles - Create new article (auth required)
• GET /api/search - Semantic search with AI
• GET /api/breaking - Breaking news alerts
• GET /api/stories - Stories feed

Advanced Features

• GET /api/videos - Video content management
• GET /api/live - Live stream endpoints
• WebSocket /ws - Real-time updates
• GET /metrics - Prometheus metrics

→ Complete API documentation

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! This is an open source project.

1. Read the Contributing Guide
2. Fork the repository
3. Create a feature branch
4. Submit a pull request

Areas for Contribution

• � Bug fixes and stability improvements
• ✨ New features and enhancements
• 📚 Documentation improvements
• 🧪 Test coverage expansion
• 🌍 Internationalization (new languages)
• 🎨 UI/UX improvements for API responses

📊 Status & Roadmap

✅ Production Ready

• Article Management System
• User Authentication & Authorization
• REST API with Swagger Documentation
• Multi-language Support
• Redis Caching & PostgreSQL

🚧 Beta Features

• AI-Powered Semantic Search
• Video Content Support
• Real-time WebSocket Updates
• HTTP/2 Implementation

🔮 Planned Features

• GraphQL API
• Advanced Analytics Dashboard
• Mobile Push Notifications
• Content Recommendation Engine
• Advanced Search Filters

� Deployment

Quick Deploy

# Development
make dev-deploy

# Production
make prod-deploy

Supported Platforms

• 🐳 Docker - Complete containerization
• ☸️ Kubernetes - Production orchestration
• 🌊 Docker Swarm - Simple clustering
• 🖥️ Bare Metal - Traditional deployment

→ Deployment guides

📈 Monitoring

• 📊 Metrics: Prometheus + Grafana dashboards
• 🔍 Tracing: OpenTelemetry integration
• 📝 Logging: Structured logging with levels
• ⚡ Performance: Built-in profiling endpoints

Access monitoring at http://localhost:3000 (Grafana)

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with ❤️ using Go and modern technologies
• Thanks to all contributors and the open source community
• Powered by OpenAI for semantic search capabilities

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🐛 Found a bug? Report it here
💡 Have an idea? Start a discussion
📧 Questions? Check our documentation first

🔗 Links

• 🏠 GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Madraka/GONews
• 🐛 Issues: https://github.com/Madraka/GONews/issues
• 💬 Discussions: https://github.com/Madraka/GONews/discussions
• 📚 Wiki: https://github.com/Madraka/GONews/wiki (Coming Soon)