BBC News

Mode: 🌐 Public · Domain: bbc.com

Commands

Command	Description
opencli bbc news	Latest BBC News headlines (top stories)
opencli bbc topic <topic>	Latest headlines for a single BBC topic feed

Usage Examples

# Top stories
opencli bbc news --limit 5

# Topic-scoped feeds (RSS at feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/<topic>/rss.xml)
opencli bbc topic technology --limit 10
opencli bbc topic world --limit 20
opencli bbc topic business
opencli bbc topic science_and_environment

# JSON output
opencli bbc topic technology -f json

Topics

Valid <topic> values:

Topic slug	Feed
world	World news
business	Business
politics	UK politics
health	Health
education	Education & family
science_and_environment	Science & environment
technology	Technology
entertainment_and_arts	Entertainment & arts

Pass any other value and the adapter raises ArgumentError with the full list.

Output Columns

Command	Columns
news	(see existing news row schema)
topic	rank, title, description, pubDate, url

Prerequisites

• No browser required — uses the public BBC RSS feeds at feeds.bbci.co.uk.