def get_blank_answers(clue:Clue,limit=10,words_only=True):
"""Takes in a fill-in-the-blank clue and returns a list of possible answers from Google"""
if clue not in google_cache.keys():
# quote wrap and google
q = '"{}"'.format(clue.get_description().lower())
results = " ".join(i for i in search_google(q))
# regex search only for the words immediately before and after the blank
q_split = q.split(" ")
q_around_blank = " ".join([q_split[q_split.index("*")-1],"*",q_split[q_split.index("*")+1]])
regex = q_around_blank.replace("*",".{{{}}}".format(clue.get_length())).strip('"')
r = re.compile(regex)
matches = re.findall(r,results)
words = []
for match in matches:
for word in match.split(" "):
if word.lower() not in regex.split(" "):
words.append(word)
scores = score_words(words)
ret = [Guess(clue, word, score) for word, score in scores]
google_cache[clue] = ret
return ret[:limit]
else:
return google_cache[clue][:limit]
def get_answers(clue: Clue, limit=10):
"""Takes in a Clue object and returns a list of words (optionally associated with scores) which
are potential answers to the given clue."""
params = {}
length = clue.get_length()
params["ml"] = clue.description
params["sp"] = "?" * clue.length
results = []
for item in request(params)[:limit]:
guess = Guess(clue, item["word"], item["score"])
results.append(guess)
return results
