Python script to search Stack Overflow by tags for questions still worth answering using API

stack-search.py

"""
    Search Stack Overflow by tags for questions still worth answering
    
    References:
        search API: http://api.stackexchange.com/docs/advanced-search
"""
import stackexchange
import pdb
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import time
import json


#
# To get API key: https://stackapps.com/
#
API_KEY = 'PASTE HERE'


def search(tag='python', exclude='.net'):
    questions = []
    results = []
    interesting = []
    titles = []

    HOURS_FROM = 24
    HOURS_TO = 4
    MAX_ANSWERS = 1
    MIN_OWNER_KARMA = 20

    fromdate  = int(time.mktime((datetime.now() - timedelta(hours=HOURS_FROM)).timetuple()))
    todate = int(time.mktime((datetime.now() - timedelta(hours=HOURS_TO)).timetuple()))

    questions = so.search(
        accepted=False,
        closed=False,
        fromdate=fromdate,
        todate=todate,
        tagged=tag,
        nottagged=exclude)

    for question in questions:
        title = question.json.get('title')

        if title in titles:
            continue
        else:
            titles.append(title)

        owner = question.json.get('owner', {})

        result = dict(
            question=title,
            url=question.json.get('link'),
            owner_karma=owner.get('reputation', 0),
            owner_accept= owner.get('accept_rate', 0),
            answers=question.json.get('answer_count', 999),
            votes=question.json.get('score', -1),
            tags=question.json.get('tags'),
            createdat=question.creation_date
        )
        results.append(result)

        if (result['owner_karma'] > MIN_OWNER_KARMA) and (result['answers'] <= MAX_ANSWERS) and (
            result['votes'] >= 0) and (result['owner_accept'] > 50):
            interesting.append(result)

    print("search returned %d results" % (len(results)))
    print("search returned %d interesting results" % (len(interesting)))

    return {
        'all': results,
        'interesting': interesting
    }


def interesting(tag='kineticjs', exclude='.net'):
    results = search(tag, exclude)
    return iter(results['interesting'])


USAGE = """

USAGE:
    (Pdb) results = search('tag1;tag2')
    (Pdb) len(results['all'])
    (Pdb) len(results['interesting'])

    (Pdb) results = interesting('tag1;tag2')
    (Pdb) results.next()

SAMPLE TAGS:
    ajax, jquery, python, javascript, php

"""

if __name__ == '__main__':
    so = stackexchange.Site(stackexchange.StackOverflow, API_KEY)
    print(USAGE)
    pdb.set_trace()