Retreive package ratings from Ubuntu Software Center

ratings.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
Retreive package ratings from Ubuntu Software Center

  gautier at soundconverter.org
"""

from sys import argv, exit
from time import sleep
from requests import get
from envoy import run

if len(argv) < 2:
    print('usage: reviews.py PACKAGE_NAME')
    exit(1)

url = 'http://reviews.ubuntu.com/reviews/api/1.0/reviews/filter/en/%s/%s/any/%s/page/%d/'
package = argv[1]
distro, release = [x.lower() for x in run('lsb_release -sic').std_out.splitlines()]

i = 1
while True:
    r = get(url % (distro, release, package, i))
    content = r.content
    i += 1
    if not content or len(content) <= 2:
        break
    print(content)
    sleep(0.1)