Print a random chapter from Ursula Le Guin's Tao

tau-uklg.py

import requests
import re
import random
from rich.console import Console
from rich.panel import Panel
from rich.text import Text

url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nrrb/tao-te-ching/master/Ursula%20K%20Le%20Guin.md"

def get_random_chapter():
    response = requests.get(url)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        content = response.text

        # Split the content into chapters
        chapters = re.split(r'# \d+', content)[1:]  # Skip the first split which is the intro

        if chapters:
            # Select a random chapter
            random_chapter = random.choice(chapters)

            # Extract chapter number and title
            chapter_info = re.match(r'\n## (.+)\n', random_chapter)
            if chapter_info:
                chapter_title = chapter_info.group(1)
                chapter_content = random_chapter[chapter_info.end():]

                # Remove any trailing sections (like notes)
                chapter_content = re.split(r'\n>', chapter_content)[0]

                return chapter_title, chapter_content.strip()

        return None, None
    else:
        return None, None

console = Console()

chapter_title, chapter_content = get_random_chapter()

if chapter_title and chapter_content:
    title = Text(f"Chapter: {chapter_title}", style="bold magenta")
    content = Text(chapter_content)
    panel = Panel(content, title=title, expand=False, border_style="green")
    console.print(panel)
else:
    console.print("Failed to fetch or parse content", style="bold red")