removed news since no longer supported by IEX

bot.py

@@ -50,31 +50,6 @@ def tickerDetect(bot, update):
         update.message.reply_text(text=reply, parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN)
 
 
-def news(bot, update):
-    """
-    /news
-    Returns a small snippet of general information, and any news articles that are found.
-    """
-    message = update.message.text
-    chat_id = update.message.chat_id
-
-    # Let user know bot is working
-    bot.send_chat_action(chat_id=chat_id, action=telegram.ChatAction.TYPING)
-
-    tickers = getTickers(message)
-
-    news = tickerNews(tickers) if tickers else {}
-
-    for ticker in news:
-
-        reply = tickerNewsReply(news[ticker])
-        update.message.reply_text(text=reply, parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN)
-
-        # Keep track of which tickers had a return from tickerData()
-        if ticker.lower() in tickers:
-            tickers.remove(ticker.lower())
-
-
 def dividend(bot, update):
     """
     This Functions is incomplete.

functions.py

@@ -45,80 +45,6 @@ def tickerDataReply(tickers: list):
     return tickerReplies
 
 
-def tickerNews(tickers: list):
-    """
-    Takes a list of ticker and returns a dictionary of dictionarys 
-    with a list of tuples under news that contains (title, url)
-    example:
-        input list: ["aapl"]
-    returns:
-        {
-            "AAPL": {
-                "name": "Apple Inc.",
-                "price": 200.72,
-                "change": -0.01074,
-                "news": [
-                    (
-                        "April Dividend Income Report - Beating Records, Holding Steady",
-                        "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/8556681822768653",
-                    ),
-                    (
-                        "Is Vanguard's VIG Better Than Its WisdomTree Counterpart?",
-                        "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/7238581261167527",
-                    ),
-                ],
-            }
-        }
-    """
-
-    data = tickerData(tickers)
-
-    for ticker in tickers:
-        ticker = ticker.upper()
-        IEXNews = f"https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/{ticker}/news/last/5"
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(IEXNews) as url:
-            newsData = json.loads(url.read().decode())
-
-        data[ticker]["news"] = []
-        for index, story in enumerate(newsData):
-            tup = (newsData[index]["headline"], newsData[index]["url"])
-            data[ticker]["news"].append(tup)
-
-    return data
-
-
-def tickerNewsReply(ticker: dict):
-    """
-    Takes a dictionary, likely produced from tickerNews(), and returns a markdown string with news information on the ticker.
-    example:
-        {
-            "name": "Apple Inc.",
-            "price": 200.72,
-            "change": -0.01074,
-            "news": [
-                (
-                    "April Dividend Income Report - Beating Records, Holding Steady",
-                    "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/8556681822768653",
-                ),
-                (
-                    "Is Vanguard's VIG Better Than Its WisdomTree Counterpart?",
-                    "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/7238581261167527",
-                ),
-            ],
-        }
-    returns:
-        The current stock price of Apple Inc. is $**200.72**, the stock is currently **down -1.07%**
-            [April Dividend Income Report - Beating Records, Holding Steady](https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/8556681822768653)
-            [Is Vanguard's VIG Better Than Its WisdomTree Counterpart?](https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/7238581261167527)
-    """
-    reply = tickerDataReply(ticker)
-    if len(ticker["news"]) == 0:
-        return reply + f"\n\tNo News was found for {ticker['name']}"
-    for title, url in ticker["news"]:
-        reply = reply + f"\n\t[{title}]({url})"
-    return reply
-
-
 # Below Functions are incomplete