Download all quotes from BrainyQuotes by search terms, print in fortune format (note: doesn't seem to work on OSX)

brainyquotes.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# vim:fenc=utf-8
#
# Copyleft (ↄ) 2016 jkirchartz <jkirchartz@Joels-iMac.local>
#
# Distributed under terms of the NPL (Necessary Public License) license.

"""
Download all quotes from BrainyQuotes by search terms, print in fortune format
usage:
	python brainyquotes.py technology > technology
"""

from pyquery import PyQuery
import sys, random


def grabber(terms, i=1):
    base_url = "https://www.brainyquote.com/search_results.html?q=" + terms
    url = base_url + "&pg=" + str(i)
    page = PyQuery(url)
    quotes = page(".bqQt")
    for quote in quotes.items():
        txt = quote.find('.bqQuoteLink a').text()
        author = quote.find('.bq-aut a').text()
        print txt
        print ' -- ' + author
        print '%'

    pagination = page('.pagination li:last').eq(1)
    if pagination and not pagination.hasClass('disabled'):
        i = i + 1
        grabber(terms, i)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    grabber('+'.join(sys.argv[1:]))