import requests
from datetime import date
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from config import config
def get_on_this_day():
return "
On this day
%s" % (get_old_news(), get_peanuts(), get_calvin_and_hobbes(), get_today_wikipedia(), get_today_wikiquote())
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 += '\n' % (full_url, name, century_ago)
return news_text
def get_today_wikipedia():
print("getting today's wikipedia")
full_url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s" % date.today().strftime("%B_%d")
return '' % (full_url)
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 '%s
' % 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 '' % (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 '' % (comic_src)