Poll for Extra Life donation record-holders and write the data to files (to use in OBS)

extralife-donation-poll.py

import urllib.request
import json
import time

team_id = 48709
url = "https://www.extra-life.org/api/teams/" + str(team_id) + "/donations"

def get_name(donation_data):
    try:
        return donation_data['displayName']
    except:
        return "Anonymous"


while True:
    stuff = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url))
    
    #most recent
    stuff.sort(key=lambda x: x['createdDateUTC'], reverse=True)
    print("MOST RECENT:", stuff[1])
    with open("extralife-donation-recent.txt", 'w') as f:
        f.write(get_name(stuff[0]))
    
    #largest amount
    stuff.sort(key=lambda x: x['amount'], reverse=True)
    #but what if multiple people donated the same amount?
    amount = stuff[0]['amount']
    stuff = [x for x in stuff if x['amount'] == amount]
    print("LARGEST AMT:", amount, stuff)
    with open("extralife-donation-largest.txt", 'w') as f:
        for x in stuff:
            f.write(get_name(x) + '\n')

    time.sleep(60)