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Get discourse topic from discourse.ubuntu.com
#! /usr/bin/env python3
import json
import os
import sys
import time
import urllib.request
topic_id = sys.argv[1]
api_key = os.environ["UBUNTU_DISCOURSE_API_KEY"]
url = "https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/{topic_id}.json?include_raw=true&api_key={api_key}&api_username=system".format(**locals())
response = None
while response is None or response.status == 429:
if response is not None and response.status == 429:
seconds = 5
error_message = json.loads(response.read().decode())["errors"][0]
seconds_match = re.search("wait (\d+) seconds", error_message)
if seconds_match:
seconds = int(seconds_match.groups()[0]) + 1
print(
" > 429 from API, waiting {seconds} seconds ... "
"('{error_message}')".format(**locals())
)
time.sleep(seconds)
response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
print(json.loads(response.read().decode())["post_stream"]["posts"][0]["raw"])
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