Script to fetch quotes

nebulaanish · nebulaanish · commit 03da672e2ae5 · 2022-10-13T19:00:41.000+05:45
It is a simple script to fetch quotes from the internet.
diff --git a/scripts/Quotes Fetch/readme.md b/scripts/Quotes Fetch/readme.md
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+## A program to fetch random quote or term related quote from internet
+
+use following command to search quote related to a specific term or phrase
+
+python scrape.py -q your_search_term -r yes
diff --git a/scripts/Quotes Fetch/scrape.py b/scripts/Quotes Fetch/scrape.py
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+#import section
+import requests
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
+import argparse
+from random import choice
+
+# parser object to read cli content
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("-q", help="for search term")
+parser.add_argument("-r", help="if you want one random quote")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+search_term = args.q
+page = 1
+# URl definition
+url = f"https://www.brainyquote.com/search_results?q={search_term}&pg={page}"
+
+# main program
+r = requests.get(url)
+soup = bs(r.content, "html.parser")
+anchor1 = soup.find_all('a', {"class": "b-qt"})
+anchor2 = soup.find_all('a', {"class": "bq-aut"})
+
+
+if args.r != None:
+    quote = choice(
+        [f"{quote.text.strip()} - {author.text.strip()}" for quote, author in zip(anchor1, anchor2)])
+    print(quote)
+else:
+    for i, (quote, author) in enumerate(zip(anchor1, anchor2)):
+        quote = quote.find('div').text.strip()
+        author = author.text.strip()
+        print(f"[{i}] : {quote} - {author}")
