daily-news-60s

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每天60秒读懂世界 - Daily News Skill

This skill helps AI agents fetch and present daily curated news from the 60s API, which provides 15 selected news items plus a daily quote, updated every 30 minutes.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when users:

Ask for today's news or current events

Want a quick daily briefing

Request news summaries in Chinese

Need historical news from a specific date

Want news in different formats (text, markdown, image)

API Endpoint

Base URL: https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s

Method: GET
Parameters

date (optional): Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g., "2024-01-15")

If not provided, returns the latest available news

encoding (optional): Output format

json (default): Structured JSON data

text: Plain text format

markdown: Formatted markdown

image: Redirect to image URL

image-proxy: Returns image binary data

How to Use

Basic Usage - Get Latest News

curl "https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s"

import requests

response = requests.get('https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s')
news = response.json()

print(f"📰 {news['date']} 新闻简报")
print(f"农历：{news['lunar_date']} {news['day_of_week']}\n")

for i, item in enumerate(news['news'], 1):
    print(f"{i}. {item['title']}")
    
print(f"\n💭 微语：{news['tip']}")

Get News for Specific Date

response = requests.get('https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s', params={'date': '2024-01-15'})

Get News as Markdown

response = requests.get('https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s', params={'encoding': 'markdown'})
markdown_content = response.text

Get News as Plain Text

response = requests.get('https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s', params={'encoding': 'text'})
text_content = response.text

Response Format (JSON)

{
  "date": "2024-01-15",
  "day_of_week": "星期一",
  "lunar_date": "腊月初五",
  "news": [
    {
      "title": "新闻标题1",
      "link": "https://example.com/news1"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "tip": "每日微语内容",
  "image": "https://..../image.png",
  "updated": "2024-01-15 09:00:00",
  "updated_at": 1705280400000,
  "api_updated": "2024-01-15 09:00:00",
  "api_updated_at": 1705280400000
}

Example Interactions

User Request: "今天有什么新闻？"

Agent Response:

📰 2024年1月15日 星期一 农历腊月初五

【今日要闻】
1. 新闻标题1
2. 新闻标题2
3. 新闻标题3
...

💭 微语：[每日微语内容]

User Request: "Get yesterday's news"

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

yesterday = (datetime.now() - timedelta(days=1)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
response = requests.get('https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s', params={'date': yesterday})

Best Practices

Caching: The API has built-in caching, responses are very fast

Update Frequency: News updates every 30 minutes, typically by 10 AM

Error Handling: Always check response status and handle errors gracefully

Format Selection: Use JSON for structured data, markdown for formatted output, text for simple presentation

Date Validation: When requesting specific dates, ensure the date format is YYYY-MM-DD

Common Use Cases

1. Daily News Bot

def send_morning_news():
    news = requests.get('https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s').json()
    message = f"早安！今天是 {news['date']} {news['day_of_week']}\n\n"
    message += "\n".join([f"{i}. {item['title']}" for i, item in enumerate(news['news'][:5], 1)])
    message += f"\n\n{news['tip']}"
    return message

2. News Summary for Chatbots

def get_news_summary(count=5):
    news = requests.get('https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s').json()
    return {
        'date': news['date'],
        'headlines': [item['title'] for item in news['news'][:count]],
        'quote': news['tip']
    }

3. Historical News Lookup

def get_historical_news(date_str):
    response = requests.get('https://60s.viki.moe/v2/60s', params={'date': date_str})
    if response.ok:
        return response.json()
    return None

Troubleshooting

Issue: No data returned

Solution: Try requesting previous dates (yesterday or the day before)

The service tries latest 3 days automatically

Issue: Image not loading

Solution: Use encoding=image-proxy instead of encoding=image

The proxy endpoint directly returns image binary data

Issue: Old date requested

Solution: Data is only available for recent dates

Check the response status code

API Characteristics

✅ Free: No authentication required

✅ Fast: Millisecond-level cached responses

✅ Reliable: Global CDN acceleration

✅ Updated: Every 30 minutes

✅ Quality: 15 curated news items from authoritative sources

Related Resources

60s API Documentation

GitHub Repository

Data Source Repository