This Python script fetches macroeconomic news articles from the Alpaca News API, filters them based on specific keywords, and saves the relevant articles to a CSV file. The script ensures compliance with rate limits and includes retry logic for handling intermittent API failures.
- Python 3.6 or higher
- Requests library
- Environment variables for Alpaca API credentials
Ensure you have the following environment variables set:
APCA_API_KEY_ID: Your Alpaca API Key IDAPCA_API_SECRET_KEY: Your Alpaca API Secret Key
You can set these environment variables in your system or in a .env file in the root of your project.
- Clone the repository or download the script.
- Install the required dependencies: