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authorMark Powers <mark@marks.kitchen>2022-02-23 21:36:34 -0600
committerMark Powers <mark@marks.kitchen>2022-02-23 21:36:34 -0600
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+import requests
+import sys
+import subprocess
+
+from datetime import date, datetime
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+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"
+
+def get_today_wikipedia():
+ print("getting today's wikipedia")
+ full_url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s" % date.today().strftime("%B_%d")
+ return '<div><a href="%s">Today\'s Wikipedia</a></div>' % (full_url)
+
+def get_week_holidays():
+ print("getting holidays")
+ command = "calendar -f /usr/share/calendar/calendar.mark -A 14".split(" ")
+ output = subprocess.check_output(command)
+ output = output.decode("utf-8").strip().split("\n")
+ return "</li>\n<li>".join(output) or "No holidays this fortnight."
+
+def get_crossword():
+ date_str = date.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+ url = f"https://simplydailypuzzles.com/daily-cryptic/index.html?puzz=dc1-{date_str}"
+ return f'<div><a href="{url}">Cryptic Crossword</a></div>'
+
+def get_today_wikiquote():
+ print("getting today's wikiquote")
+ full_url = "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%s" % date.today().strftime("%B_%d")
+ r = requests.get(full_url)
+ soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, features="lxml")
+ table = str(soup.find(text="2020").parent.parent.next_sibling.next_sibling)
+ table = table.replace('href="/', 'href="https://en.wikiquote.org/')
+ return '<div style="border: 1px solid black">%s</div>' % table
+
+def get_calvin_and_hobbes():
+ print("getting calvin and hobbes")
+ year = int(date.today().strftime("%Y")) % 9 + 1986
+ comic_date = str(year) + date.today().strftime("/%m/%d")
+ full_url = "https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/%s" % comic_date
+ r = requests.get(full_url)
+ soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, features="lxml")
+ if not "Today on" in str(soup.title): # gocomics gives you today if 404
+ comic_src = soup.select(".item-comic-image")[0].img["src"]
+ return '<div><a href="%s">Calvin and Hobbes</a></div>' % (comic_src)
+ else:
+ return ""
+
+def get_peanuts():
+ print("getting peanuts")
+ comic_date = date.today().strftime("%Y/%m/%d")
+ full_url = "https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/%s" % comic_date
+ r = requests.get(full_url)
+ soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, features="lxml")
+ comic_src = soup.select(".item-comic-image")[0].img["src"]
+ return '<div><a href="%s">Peanuts</a></div>' % (comic_src)
+
+# Sites without feeds/need to be checked themselves
+def get_homepage_links():
+ pages = [
+ {"url": "https://aldaily.com/", "title": "Arts and Letters Daily"},
+ {"url": "https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/", "title": "Wordle"},
+ ]
+ page_links = [
+ f'<div><a href="{item["url"]}">{item["title"]}</a></div>'
+ for item in pages
+ ]
+ return "</li>\n<li>".join(page_links)
+
+
+def check_for_starts_with_line(lst, line):
+ for md in lst:
+ if line.startswith(md):
+ return True
+ return False
+
+def get_thoreau():
+ print("getting thoreau")
+ year_int = int(date.today().strftime("%Y")) - 183
+ year = str(year_int)
+ year_stop = str(year_int+1)
+ month_days = [
+ date.today().strftime("_%b %-d."),
+ date.today().strftime("_%b. %-d."),
+ date.today().strftime("_%B %-d."),
+ date.today().strftime("_%B. %-d.")
+ ]
+ filename = config["thoreau"]["journal1"]
+ with open(filename) as f:
+ lines = f.readlines()
+ # Find lines that the year lies on
+ i= 0
+ year_start_idx = -1
+ for i in range(len(lines)):
+ if lines[i].startswith(year):
+ year_start_idx = i+1
+ break
+ year_stop_idx = -1
+ for i in range(year_start_idx, len(lines)):
+ if lines[i].startswith(year_stop):
+ year_stop_idx = i - 2
+ break
+ entry_start_idx = -1
+
+ # Find the lines inside the year that the date lies on
+ i = year_start_idx
+ while i < year_stop_idx:
+ if check_for_starts_with_line(month_days, lines[i]):
+ entry_start_idx = i - 2
+ i += 1
+ break
+ i += 1
+ entry_end_idx = -1
+ while i < year_stop_idx:
+ if lines[i].startswith("_"):
+ entry_end_idx = i - 2
+ break
+ i += 1
+
+ # If found date, join the strings
+ if entry_start_idx != -1 and entry_end_idx != -1:
+ return "".join(lines[entry_start_idx:entry_end_idx])
+ return "No Thoreau entry on " + month_days[0] + year
+
+def year_progress_bar(width=50):
+ day_of_year = float(datetime.now().strftime('%j'))
+ count = width * (day_of_year / 365)
+ year_string = "["
+ for i in range(width):
+ if i < count:
+ year_string += "#"
+ else:
+ year_string += "_"
+ year_string += "]"
+ return f"<pre>Year: {year_string}</pre>"