env file and news route

.env

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+GNEWS_API_KEY=a060d96b8ffb68188df49fe49a80e28f

routes.py

@@ -1,11 +1,37 @@
-from fastapi import APIRouter
+import os
+import requests
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Query
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
+GNEWS_API_KEY = os.getenv("GNEWS_API_KEY")
+
+@router.get("/news/category/{category}")
+def get_news_by_category(category: str, limit: int = 5):
+    base_url = "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines"
+    params = {
+        "topic": category,
+        "lang": "en",
+        "max": limit,
+        "token": GNEWS_API_KEY
+    }
+    response = requests.get(base_url, params=params)
+    data = response.json()
+
+    articles = []
+    for article in data.get("articles", []):
+        articles.append({
+            "title": article["title"],
+            "url": article["url"],
+            "description": article.get("description"),
+            "publishedAt": article["publishedAt"],
+            "image": article.get("image"),
+            "source": article["source"]["name"]
+        })
+
+    return articles
+
+
 @router.get("/")
 async def root():
     return {"message": "LucidFeed backend is up and running!"}
-
-@router.get("/ping")
-async def ping():
-    return {"message": "pong"}