The LoCO Facebook Like Contest Winner Picker!

pick_a_winner.py

import facebook
import webbrowser
import time
import sys
import os

FACEBOOK_TOKEN = '<YOUR-FACEBOOK-TOKEN>'
OBJECT_ID = '<YOUR-OBJECT-ID>'

api = facebook.GraphAPI(FACEBOOK_TOKEN)

def count():
    basic = api.fql('select like_info from photo where object_id=%s' % OBJECT_ID) 
    return basic[0]['like_info']['like_count']

def pick(num=1):
    winner_ids = api.fql('select user_id from like where object_id=%s ORDER BY rand() LIMIT %s' % (OBJECT_ID, num))
    return [a['user_id'] for a in winner_ids]

def get_profile(winner_id):
    winner = api.fql('select name, profile_url from user where uid=%s' % winner_id)[0]
    return winner

if __name__=='__main__':
    os.system('clear')
    print('#######################')
    print( 'NUMBER OF ENTRIES: %s' % count() )
    print('#######################')
    print('')
    ids = pick(20)
    for i, id in enumerate(ids):
        profile = get_profile(id)
        if i==19:
            sys.stdout.write('#1: ')
            sys.stdout.flush()
            for j in xrange(7):
                sys.stdout.write('.')
                sys.stdout.flush()
                time.sleep(.5)
            print('\n\n\n\n\n\n')
            webbrowser.open(profile['profile_url'])
        else:
            print( '#%s --> %s' % (20-i,profile['name']) )
        time.sleep(.5)