VEKN Cal Checker

vekn_alert.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from dateutil.relativedelta import *
import time

def get_events(countires, future_months=3):
    events = []
    for country in my_countries:
        event_uri = f"https://www.vekn.net/event-calendar?country={country}"

        now = datetime.now()

        for n in range(1,future_months):
            current_month = now + relativedelta(months=+n)
            date = current_month.strftime("%Y-%m")
            specific_month_uri = f"{event_uri}&date={date}"

            resp = requests.get(specific_month_uri)
            soup = BeautifulSoup(resp.text, features="lxml")

            cal = soup.find("table", {"class": "vekn-cal"})
            for event in cal.find_all("p"):
                day = event.parent.find("h2").text
                date_obj = datetime.strptime(f"{date}-{day}", "%Y-%m-%d")
                event_date = date_obj.strftime("%dth of %B, %Y (%A)")
                event_line = f"{event_date}: {event.text.strip()}"
                events.append(event_line)
                # print(event_line)
    return events


if __name__ == '__main__':
    my_countries = ["NL", "BE", "DE", "GB"] # Todo; Make Configurable.
    displayed_events = []
    for event in get_events(my_countries):
        if event not in displayed_events:
            print(event)
            # Todo; Send Discord message to myself.
            displayed_events.append(event)
            time.sleep(60*60*12) # Every 12 hours