def generate():
"""
Generate text using method described at the top of this file. Requires that pages, back_n_days, and p_swap are
all correctly set in config.py
:return:
"""
# Get config settings
pages_to_parse = config.pages
back_n_days = config.back_n_days
p_swap = config.p_swap
# Get all the facebook posts, as well as the longest post
posts = fb.get_page_posts(pages_to_parse, back_n_days)
longest = fb.get_longest_post(posts)
# Convert the mapping of the posts into a single list of the posts themselves
posts_text = []
for page_posts in posts.values():
posts_text += page_posts
# Map the POS to words to choose from for the text generation
pos_dict = pos.map_pos_to_words(posts_text)
# Go through the longest post, and swap out words in it
scrambled = ""
for word, tag in pos.get_string_tags(longest[1]):
# Randomly decide to swap out this word.
rand = random.random()
# If swapping, randomly choose a word with the same tag
if rand < p_swap:
scrambled += random.choice(pos_dict[tag]) + ' '
# Otherwise, append the word and move on
else:
scrambled += word + ' '
return scrambled
