Mohammed Hoque

About This Video News Application

Video News Grids is a Flask-based web application that aggregates the latest videos from multiple public YouTube channels via RSS feeds. It presents the content in a dynamic grid layout for easy viewing and category-based browsing.

Features:

Fetches videos from multiple YouTube feeds using RSS.
Supports automatic parsing and categorization (e.g., sports, entertainment, general).
Stores video metadata in a local SQLite database.
Displays videos with thumbnails, publish time, duration, and embedded links.
Sorted by most recent publication using timestamps.

Technologies Used:

Python, Flask
SQLite for local data storage
Feedparser for parsing RSS feeds
Jinja2 templates for rendering dynamic content
Bootstrap CSS for responsive design

Purpose:

This project is ideal for monitoring and showcasing fresh video content from selected YouTube channels without relying on the official YouTube API. It’s lightweight, customizable, and useful for media dashboards, newsroom projects, and educational tools.