random XKCD

gistfile1.txt

import random
import requests
import shutil

# Get the number of the latest xkcd
current_xkcd_num = int(requests.get('http://xkcd.com/info.0.json').json()['num'])

# Generate a random number using rng.py (expecting a natural number)
# Mod it by current_xkcd_num to give us the number of a valid xkcd comic
## Get the URL of the image of the random comic
#random_xkcd_num = rng.get_random_number() % current_xkcd_num

random_xkcd_num = random.randint(1,current_xkcd_num)



img_url = requests.get('http://xkcd.com/' + str(random_xkcd_num) + '/info.0.json').json()['img']

# Get the random comic and save it as 'dank.png'
response_img = requests.get(img_url, stream=True)
with open('dank' + str(random_xkcd_num) + '.png', 'wb') as out_file:
    shutil.copyfileobj(response_img.raw, out_file)
    print 'dank' + str(random_xkcd_num) + '.png'