[Python] I am a student making a news project app using python

it is a really simple project but it is throwing an error. it has no gui and is only for a learning experience


import requests
import pyttsx3
import time

API_KEY = "ed13978dcbd44393abe5b31e8be20fef"
engine = pyttsx3.init()

# Default speaker mode
read_mode_switch = False

# Speaker functions
def speaker(text):
if read_mode_switch:
engine.say(text)
engine.runAndWait()
print(text)

def speaker2(text):
if read_mode_switch:
engine.say(text)
engine.runAndWait()
return input(text + ": ").lower()

# Speaker mode selection
while True:
read_mode = speaker2("Would you like to keep speaker mode enabled? (yes/no)")
if read_mode.startswith("y"):
read_mode_switch = True
break
elif read_mode.startswith("n"):
break
else:
print("Invalid input. Try again.")

speaker("Welcome!")

# Country and category data
country_codes = {
"us": "United States",
"in": "India",
"gb": "United Kingdom",
"ca": "Canada",
"au": "Australia"
}

news_categories = {
1: "business",
2: "entertainment",
3: "general",
4: "health",
5: "science",
6: "sports",
7: "technology"
}

# Country selection
def Country_picking():
while True:
speaker("Available Countries:")
for i, key in enumerate(country_codes, start=1):
speaker(f"{i} - {key.upper()} - {country_codes[key]}")
country_input = speaker2("Enter country code or serial number")
try:
index = int(country_input) - 1
country_keys = list(country_codes.keys())
return country_keys[index]
except:
if country_input in country_codes:
return country_input
speaker("Invalid input. Try again.")

# Category selection
def Category_selection():
while True:
speaker("Available Categories:")
for key, value in news_categories.items():
speaker(f"{key} - {value}")
category_input = speaker2("Enter category name or number")
if category_input.isdigit():
num = int(category_input)
if num in news_categories:
return news_categories[num]
elif category_input in news_categories.values():
return category_input
speaker("Invalid input. Try again.")

# Fetch news
def fetch_news(country, category):
url = 'https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines'
params = {
"country": country,
"category": category,
"apiKey": API_KEY
}
try:
speaker("Request is being sent...")
response = requests.get(url, params=params)
except Exception as e:
speaker(f"Network error: {e}")
return []

speaker(f"Response Status: {response.status_code}")

if response.status_code == 200:
return response.json().get("articles", [])
else:
speaker("Failed to fetch news. Check your API key or internet connection.")
return []

# Show articles
def show_articles(articles, start=0, count=5):
if not articles:
speaker("No news found.")
return

for i, article in enumerate(articles[start:start+count], start=1):
title = article.get("title", "No title")
description = article.get("description", "No description")
url = article.get("url", "No URL")
author = article.get("author", "Unknown author")

speaker(f"{i}. {title}")
speaker(description)
print("->", url)
print("Author:", author)
time.sleep(2)

if read_mode_switch:
engine.say(f"Written by {author}")
engine.runAndWait()

# Main loop
country = Country_picking()
category = Category_selection()
articles = fetch_news(country, category)
show_articles(articles, 0, 5)

while True:
more = speaker2("Do you want more articles? (yes/no)")
if more.startswith("n"):
speaker("Thank you for reading with us!")
break

if speaker2("Do you want to change country? (yes/no)").startswith("y"):
country = Country_picking()

if speaker2("Do you want to change category? (yes/no)").startswith("y"):
category = Category_selection()

articles = fetch_news(country, category)

if not articles:
speaker("No news found for the selected country and category.")
continue

try:
number_of_articles = int(input("Enter number of more articles you would like: "))
if number_of_articles <= 0:
raise ValueError("Must be more than 0")
show_articles(articles, 5, number_of_articles)
except ValueError:
speaker("Please enter a valid positive number.")


Please help fix the code I have tried chatgpt it is just optimising it and still gettng same error Name error:"response" not found despite me using the proper syntax I have request library installed

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