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