From 7a9a41ccc960a22609050451ca29d00d0661da4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Camille Frantz <camille.frantz@me.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:05:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] initial

---
 env.example      |  3 +++
 random_quotes.py | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 env.example
 create mode 100644 random_quotes.py

diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2462a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+QUOTES_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_api_access_token
+QUOTES_LIBRARY=link_to_your_quote_library # Can be a URL or a file
+ENDPOINT=your_api_endpoint_to_post
diff --git a/random_quotes.py b/random_quotes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..147bafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/random_quotes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from json import loads
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from os import getenv
+from random import randint
+from requests import get, post
+
+def load_env():
+    api_key = getenv('QUOTES_ACCESS_TOKEN')
+    quotes_library = getenv('QUOTES_LIBRARY')
+    if quotes_library.startswith('https',0):
+        quote_file = loads(get(quotes_library).text)
+    else:
+        quote_file = loads(open(quotes_library).read())
+    return api_key, quote_file
+
+def build_post(api_key, quote_file, choice=0):
+    if choice == 0:
+        rand = randint(0, len(quote_file) - 1)
+    else:
+        rand = choice
+    quote = quote_file[rand]['quote']
+    author = quote_file[rand]['author']
+    toot = "'" + quote + "'\n\n - " + author + "\n\n#RandomQuote #quotes #quote #bot"
+    headers = {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        "Bearer": api_key,
+        "Authorization": "Bearer " + api_key
+        }
+    payload = {
+        "status": toot,
+        "visibility": "public"
+        }
+    return headers, payload
+
+def make_post(headers, payload):
+    post_endpoint = getenv('ENDPOINT')
+    try:
+        post(post_endpoint, json=payload, headers=headers)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print('An error occurred: ', e)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    api_key, quote_file = load_env()
+    headers, payload = build_post(api_key, quote_file)
+    make_post(headers, payload)