old_contents: import os, logging
  from flask import Flask, request, render_template, jsonify
  from flask_restplus import Api
  from flask_ask import Ask, statement
  import requests
  
  from public import input
  
  app = Flask(__name__)
  
  ROOT_URL = os.getenv('ROOT_URL', 'localhost')
  VERSION_NO = os.getenv('VERSION_NO', '1.0')
  APP_NAME = os.getenv('APP_NAME', "Devil's Advocate")
  DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', False)
  SENTIMENT_URL = os.getenv("SENTIMENT_URL", "https://ns3-sentiment.herokuapp.com/")
  SENTIMENT_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("SENTIMENT_ENDPOINT", 'api/v1/parse')
  ACQUIRE_URL = os.getenv("SENTIMENT_URL", "https://ns3-acquire.herokuapp.com/")
  ACQUIRE_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("ACQUIRE_ENDPOINT", 'api/v1/find')
  print APP_NAME, VERSION_NO
  # api = Api(app, version=VERSION_NO, title=APP_NAME)
  
  ask = Ask(app, '/alexa')
  logging.getLogger('flask_ask').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
  
  
  # public_ns = api.namespace('Public', description='Public methods')
  
  # if DEBUG:
  #     private_ns = api.namespace('Private', description='Private methods (visible in debug only)')
  #     private_ns.add_resource(input.InputDebugText, '/input/debug')
      
  # public_ns.add_resource(input.Input, '/input')
  
  @ask.intent('Hello')
  def startup():
      text = render_template('start')
      return statement(text)
  
  def create_coherent_list(claim_arr):
      to_say = ', '.join(claim_arr[:-1])
      to_say += 'and ' + claim_arr[-1]
      return to_say
  
  @ask.intent("GetNews")
  def get_news(topic):
      params = {
          'topic' : topic
      }
      # articles = requests.get(ACQUIRE_URL + ACQUIRE_ENDPOINT, params=params)
      # response = articles.json()
      response = [0]
      to_say = []
      for article in response:
          claim_params = {
              'article': "Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States."
          }
          claim = requests.post(SENTIMENT_URL + SENTIMENT_ENDPOINT, data=json.dumps(claim_params))
          to_say.append(claim.json()['claim'])
      sentence = create_coherent_list(to_say)
      return statement(render_template('news', topic=topic, opinion=sentence))
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      app.run()
      
new_contents: import os, logging, json
  from flask import Flask, request, render_template, jsonify
  from flask_restplus import Api
  from flask_ask import Ask, statement
  import requests
  
  from public import input
  
  app = Flask(__name__)
  
  ROOT_URL = os.getenv('ROOT_URL', 'localhost')
  VERSION_NO = os.getenv('VERSION_NO', '1.0')
  APP_NAME = os.getenv('APP_NAME', "Devil's Advocate")
  DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', False)
  SENTIMENT_URL = os.getenv("SENTIMENT_URL", "https://ns3-sentiment.herokuapp.com/")
  SENTIMENT_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("SENTIMENT_ENDPOINT", 'api/v1/parse')
  ACQUIRE_URL = os.getenv("SENTIMENT_URL", "https://ns3-acquire.herokuapp.com/")
  ACQUIRE_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("ACQUIRE_ENDPOINT", 'api/v1/find')
  print APP_NAME, VERSION_NO
  # api = Api(app, version=VERSION_NO, title=APP_NAME)
  
  ask = Ask(app, '/alexa')
  logging.getLogger('flask_ask').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
  
  
  # public_ns = api.namespace('Public', description='Public methods')
  
  # if DEBUG:
  #     private_ns = api.namespace('Private', description='Private methods (visible in debug only)')
  #     private_ns.add_resource(input.InputDebugText, '/input/debug')
      
  # public_ns.add_resource(input.Input, '/input')
  
  @ask.intent('Hello')
  def startup():
      text = render_template('start')
      return statement(text)
  
  def create_coherent_list(claim_arr):
      to_say = ', '.join(claim_arr[:-1])
      to_say += 'and ' + claim_arr[-1]
      return to_say
  
  @ask.intent("GetNews")
  def get_news(topic):
      params = {
          'topic' : topic
      }
      # articles = requests.get(ACQUIRE_URL + ACQUIRE_ENDPOINT, params=params)
      # response = articles.json()
      response = [0]
      to_say = []
      for article in response:
          claim_params = {
              'article': "Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States."
          }
          claim = requests.post(SENTIMENT_URL + SENTIMENT_ENDPOINT, data=json.dumps(claim_params))
          to_say.append(claim.json()['claim'])
      sentence = create_coherent_list(to_say)
      return statement(render_template('news', topic=topic, opinion=sentence))
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      app.run()
      
subject: fix json not imported