class Bot(object):
def __init__(self, debug=False):
self.curator = Curator()
self.reader = NewsReader()
self.twitter_api = TwitterService()
self.debug_mode = debug
def get_interesting_news(self):
"""Scan news for interesting items and return one"""
news_bites = self.reader.get_news()
interesting_news = self.curator.keep_interesting_items(news_bites)
if interesting_news:
interesting_news = self._filter_out_old_news(interesting_news)
news_bite = random.choice(interesting_news)
tweet = self._generate_tweet(news_bite)
else:
tweet = 'No interesting news found'
if self.debug_mode:
print(tweet)
return tweet
def post_interesting_news(self):
"""Scan news for interesting items and post (ie, Tweet) about one"""
if not self.debug_mode:
tweet = self.get_interesting_news()
self.twitter_api.post_tweet(tweet)
def _filter_out_old_news(self, news_bites):
"""Filter out any news bites that have already been tweeted in the past 100 tweets"""
old_news_headlines = self.twitter_api.get_recently_tweeted_headlines(
REPEAT_HEADLINE_MIN_TWEET_LIMIT)
return [
news_bite for news_bite in news_bites
if news_bite.url not in old_news_headlines
]
def _generate_tweet(self, news_bite):
"""Generate Tweet text from a NewsBite instance"""
short_url = get_short_url(news_bite.url)
if news_bite.headline:
max_chars = max(0, 140 - 1 - len(short_url))
tweet = news_bite.headline[:max_chars] + ' ' + short_url
else:
tweet = 'Wow! ' + short_url
return tweet
class Bot(object):
def __init__(self, debug=False):
self.curator = Curator()
self.reader = NewsReader()
self.twitter_api = TwitterService()
self.debug_mode = debug
def post_interesting_news(self):
"""Scan news for interesting items and post (ie, Tweet) about one"""
news_bites = self.reader.get_news()
interesting_news = self.curator.keep_interesting_items(news_bites)
if interesting_news:
interesting_news = self._filter_out_old_news(interesting_news)
news_bite = random.choice(interesting_news)
tweet = self._generate_tweet(news_bite)
if self.debug_mode:
print tweet
else:
self.twitter_api.post_tweet(tweet)
else:
print 'No interesting news found'
def _filter_out_old_news(self, news_bites):
"""Filter out any news bites that have already been tweeted in the past 100 tweets"""
old_news_headlines = self.twitter_api.get_recently_tweeted_headlines(
REPEAT_HEADLINE_MIN_TWEET_LIMIT)
return [news_bite for news_bite in news_bites if news_bite.url not in old_news_headlines]
def _generate_tweet(self, news_bite):
"""Generate Tweet text from a NewsBite instance"""
short_url = get_short_url(news_bite.url)
if news_bite.headline:
max_chars = max(0, 140-1-len(short_url))
tweet = news_bite.headline[:max_chars] + ' ' + short_url
else:
tweet = 'Wow! ' + short_url
return tweet
def __init__(self, debug=False):
self.curator = Curator()
self.reader = NewsReader()
self.twitter_api = TwitterService()
self.debug_mode = debug
