script that reads articles for views

views.py

import schedule
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
import time
import random  # Import the random module


def setup_tor_profile():
    """Sets up a Firefox profile for Tor."""
    profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
    profile.set_preference('network.proxy.type', 1)
    profile.set_preference('network.proxy.socks', '127.0.0.1')
    profile.set_preference('network.proxy.socks_port', 9150)
    profile.set_preference("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", False)
    return profile


def initialize_webdriver(profile, tor_path):
    """Initializes the WebDriver for Firefox with the given profile and Tor path."""
    options = Options()
    options.binary_location = tor_path
    options.profile = profile
    options.add_argument("--headless")  # Enable headless mode
    driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options)
    return driver


def scroll_page(driver):
    """Scrolls through the webpage with randomized speed like a human reader."""
    total_height = int(driver.execute_script("return document.body.scrollHeight"))
    for i in range(0, total_height, 100):
        driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, {});".format(i))
        time.sleep(random.uniform(1, 5))  # Randomize sleep time between 0.05 and 0.30


def launch_tor_with_selenium(url, visit_counter):
    """Main function to launch a website using Tor and Selenium."""
    tor_path = '../../Applications/Tor Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox'  # Update as needed
    profile = setup_tor_profile()
    driver = initialize_webdriver(profile, tor_path)
    driver.get(url)
    scroll_page(driver)
    driver.quit()
    print(f"Visited {url} {visit_counter} times")


def run_periodically():
    visit_counter = 0
    while True:
        visit_counter += 1
        launch_tor_with_selenium('https://semaphoreci.com/blog/debugging-go', visit_counter)
        time.sleep(1800)  # Sleep for 1800 seconds (30 minutes)


# Start the periodic execution
run_periodically()