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