Google News dashlet for Sugar 7.8+

en_us.news.lang.ext.php

<?php

	/* File: ./custom/Extension/application/Ext/Language/en_us.news.lang.ext.php */

	$app_strings['LBL_DASHLET_NEWS_NAME'] = 'Google News';
	$app_strings['LBL_DASHLET_NEWS_DESC'] = 'Google News search results for the current Account record.';

?>

news.hbs

{{!--
	/* File: ./custom/clients/base/views/news/news.hbs
	 * 
	 * Date:        July 27, 2016
	 * 
	 * Author:      Angel Magaña
	 *             
	 * Description: Adjustment to News dashlet Handlebars template   
	 * 
	 */
--}}

{{#if feed.entries}}
{{#each feed.entries}}
    <div class="news-article">
        <h5><a href="{{link}}">{{{title}}}</a></h5> 
        <p>{{{description}}}</p>
    </div>
{{/each}}
{{else}}
    <div class="block-footer">{{str "LBL_NO_DATA_AVAILABLE"}}</div>
{{/if}}

news.js

({
	/* File: ./custom/clients/base/views/news/news.js
	 * 
	 * Date:        April 4, 2017
	 * 
	 * Author:      Angel Magaña
	 *             
	 * Description: Adjustment to News dashlet to use RSS instead of retired Google API   
	 * 
	 */

    plugins: ['Dashlet'],
    
    initDashlet: function() {
        this.model.on("change:name", this.loadData, this);
    },
    
    loadData: function (options) {
    	var self = this;
    	
        if(_.isUndefined(this.model)){
            return;
        }
        
        var name = this.model.get("account_name") || this.model.get('name') || this.model.get('full_name'),
            limit = parseInt(this.settings.get('limit') || 5, 10);
        
        if (_.isEmpty(name)) {
            return;
        }
        
        //Need to clean up spaces
        name = name.replace(/ /g, '+');
        
        var url = encodeURIComponent('https://news.google.com/news/section?q=' + name + '&output=rss');
        
        app.api.call('GET', app.api.buildURL('rssfeed?feed_url=' + url), {}, {
        	success: function(data){
        		_.extend(self, data);
        		self.render();
        	}
        });
        
    }

})

news.php

<?php

/* File: ./custom/clients/base/views/news/news.php */

$viewdefs['base']['view']['news'] = array(
    'dashlets' => array(
        array(
            'label' => 'LBL_DASHLET_NEWS_NAME',
            'description' => 'LBL_DASHLET_NEWS_DESC',
            'config' => array(
            ),
            'preview' => array(
            ),
            'filter' => array(
                'module' => array(
                    'Accounts',
                ),
                'view' => 'record'
            ),
        ),
    ), 
);

?>