initial

env.example

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+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

random_quotes.py

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+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)