gplugs.wikiquote

query wikiquote

gplugs.wikiquote.handle_wikiquote(bot, ievent)

wikiquote <what> .. search wikiquote for <what>

CODE

# plugs/wikiquote.py
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""" query wikiquote """

__status__ = "seen"

gozerbot iimports

from gozerbot.generic import geturl, striphtml, splittxt
from gozerbot.commands import cmnds
from gozerbot.aliases import aliases
from gozerbot.examples import examples
from gozerbot.plughelp import plughelp

basic imports

import re
import random

plughelp

plughelp.add('wikiquote', 'fetch a wikipedia quote')

defines

wikire = re.compile('start content(.*?)end content', re.M)

wikiquote command

def handle_wikiquote(bot, ievent):
    """ wikiquote <what> .. search wikiquote for <what> """
    if not ievent.rest: ievent.missing('<what>') ; return
    what = ""
    lang = 'en'
    for i in ievent.rest.split():
        first = i[0].upper()
        rest = i[1:]
        if i.startswith('-'):
            if len(i) != 3:
                ievent.reply('invalid option')
                return
            lang = i[1:]
            continue
        what += "%s%s " % (first, rest)
    what = what.strip().replace(' ', '_')
    url = 'http://%s.wikiquote.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=%s' % (lang, what)
    result = geturl(url)
    if not result:
        ievent.reply("can't find data for %s" % what)
        return
    result = result.replace('\n', ' ')
    result = re.sub('\s+', ' ', result)
    regresult = re.search(wikire, result)
    if not regresult:
        ievent.reply("can't match regular expression %s" % url)
        return
    txt = regresult.groups()[0]
    try:
        res = re.sub('\[.*?\]', '', striphtml(random.choice(re.findall('<li>(.*?)</li>',txt))))
    except IndexError:
        ievent.reply("can't find quote")
        return
    ievent.reply(res)

cmnds.add('wikiquote', handle_wikiquote, 'USER')
examples.add('wikiquote', 'wikiquote ["-" <countrycode>] <what> .. search wikiquote for <what>','1) wikiquote george bush 2) wikiquote -nl Balkenende')
aliases.data['wquote'] = 'wikiquote'