_prep.md

• Save random_wiki.py to your desktop
• Run pip install pyquery
• In your terminal run python wiki.py | say
• Enjoy

random_wiki.py

import requests
from pyquery import PyQuery as pq

def retrieve_article():
    wiki_link = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random'
    article = requests.get(wiki_link)
    text = pq(article.text)
    first_paragraph = text('#mw-content-text').find('p').eq(0).text()

    if first_paragraph == None or first_paragraph == '':
        retrieve_article()
    else:
        print first_paragraph + '\n\n' + article.url


if __name__ == '__main__':
    retrieve_article()