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Get a random Jimmy Johns sandwich for lunch. I can never pick.
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#!/bin/env python2.7 | |
'''This module loads the Jimmy John's menu from their website and provides | |
you with a random selection from their main (numbered) sandwich menu. | |
Recommended usage is to just run it as a script. | |
''' | |
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup | |
import requests | |
import random | |
import re | |
ATTRACT_MODE = ['Your sandvich is the %s', | |
'You know you want a %s', | |
'This one looks fine... %s', | |
'Desk-Ramen is bad for you: %s', | |
'This one delivers itself, promise! %s', | |
] | |
def jimmy_johns(): | |
'''Get JJ's menu and return a random selection as a dictionary | |
of sandwich number, name and description. | |
Only gets numbered sandwiches because getting the huge or tiny ones | |
at random is too surprising. Also it's hard to maintain the element of | |
surprise when there is no number. | |
''' | |
menu = requests.get('http://jimmyjohns.com/menu/menu.aspx').content | |
soup = BeautifulSoup(menu, convertEntities=BeautifulSoup.HTML_ENTITIES) | |
_pattern = re.compile(r'#(\d*) (.*)') | |
sandwiches = [] | |
for sandwich in soup.findAll('dd'): | |
for sandwich_name in sandwich.findAll('a'): | |
full_name = sandwich_name.text | |
if "#" in full_name: | |
# Probably a numbered sammich | |
number = _pattern.search(full_name).group(1) | |
# Strip the number off of the name | |
name = _pattern.search(full_name).group(2) | |
#The description has the name in it, so remove it. | |
description = sandwich.text.replace(full_name, '') | |
sandwiches.append({'number': number, 'name': name, | |
'description': description}) | |
return random.choice(sandwiches) | |
def main(): | |
'''Get our sammich and format it nicely. | |
Returns a string.''' | |
sammich = jimmy_johns() | |
desc = "\n #%(number)s %(name)s: %(description)s" % sammich | |
message = random.choice(ATTRACT_MODE) % desc | |
return message | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
print main() |
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JJ has changed their site, so this doesn't work anymore :(