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Read forismatic.com quotes from ubuntu cmd
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forismatic.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import os
import requests
import json
url = 'http://api.forismatic.com/api/1.0/'
params = dict(
method='getQuote',
format='json',
lang=sys.argv[1]
)
resp = requests.get(url=url, params=params)
data = json.loads(resp.text)
print data['quoteText'] + '.\n' + data['quoteAuthor']
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