Fix old newsHEADmaster

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/on_this_day.py b/on_this_day.py
index da70cd8..970cec9 100644
--- a/on_this_day.py
+++ b/on_this_day.py
@@ -10,16 +10,19 @@ from config import config
 def get_old_news():
     print("getting old news")
     year = int(date.today().strftime("%Y")) - 100
-    century_ago = str(year) + date.today().strftime("-%m-%d")
-    news_text = ""
-    urls = config["news"]["urls"].split(",")
-    names = config["news"]["names"].split(",")
-    for i in range(len(urls)):
-        full_url = urls[i] % century_ago
-        name = names[i]
-        if requests.get(full_url).status_code != 404:
-            news_text += '<div><a href="%s">%s %s</a></div>\n' % (full_url, name, century_ago)
-    return news_text or "No old news"
+    century_ago = date.today().strftime("%d%%2F%m%%2F") + str(year)
+
+    url = f"https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=Illinois&lccn=sn84031489&lccn=sn84031490&lccn=sn84031492&lccn=sn84025828&lccn=sn90053126&lccn=sn91055768&lccn=sn87062321&lccn=sn82014064&lccn=sn86056950&lccn=sn84025819&lccn=sn91055455&dateFilterType=range&date1={century_ago}&date2={century_ago}&language=&ortext=&andtext=&phrasetext=&proxtext=&proxdistance=5&rows=1&searchType=advanced&sequence=1"
+
+    r = requests.get(url)
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, features="lxml")
+    try:
+        href = soup.select(".highlite a")[0]["href"]
+        link = "https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov" + href
+        return f'<div><a href="{link}">Old Chicago News from {year}</a></div>'
+    except:
+        pass
+    return "No old news"
 
 def get_today_wikipedia():
     print("getting today's wikipedia")
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index e66be5d..5763e67 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import on_this_day
 
-print(on_this_day.get_week_holidays())
+print(on_this_day.get_old_news())