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Election Bot for US 2020 election (late af)
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| import os | |
| import discord | |
| import requests | |
| import asyncio | |
| from datetime import datetime | |
| # bot token | |
| TOKEN = "<your token>" | |
| # desired post channel id | |
| CHANNEL_ID = 0 | |
| # how often should we kill the api server | |
| POLLING_RATE = 10.0 | |
| class ElectionBotClient(discord.Client): | |
| trump_latest = 0 | |
| biden_latest = 0 | |
| async def on_ready(self): | |
| print('Logged in as') | |
| print(self.user.name) | |
| print(self.user.id) | |
| print('------') | |
| self.get_initial_electoral_votes() | |
| self.bg_task = self.loop.create_task(self.polling_task()) | |
| def get_initial_electoral_votes(self): | |
| data = self.get_election_data() | |
| for entry in data: | |
| candidate_name = entry["candidate"] | |
| electoral_votes = int(entry["electoral"]) | |
| if candidate_name == "Joe Biden": | |
| self.biden_latest = electoral_votes | |
| elif candidate_name == "Donald Trump": | |
| self.trump_latest = electoral_votes | |
| def get_election_data(self) -> dict: | |
| result = requests.get("https://election.krit.me/results.json") | |
| return result.json() | |
| def print_status(self): | |
| now = datetime.now() | |
| date_string = now.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S") | |
| print("[%s] Biden: %i, Trump: %i" % (date_string, self.biden_latest, self.trump_latest)) | |
| async def polling_task(self): | |
| await self.wait_until_ready() | |
| counter = 0 | |
| channel = self.get_channel(CHANNEL_ID) # channel ID goes here | |
| while not self.is_closed(): | |
| counter += 1 | |
| await self.check_results(self.get_election_data()) | |
| self.print_status() | |
| await asyncio.sleep(POLLING_RATE) | |
| async def check_results(self, data): | |
| for entry in data: | |
| candidate_name = entry["candidate"] | |
| electoral_votes = int(entry["electoral"]) | |
| if candidate_name == "Joe Biden": | |
| if electoral_votes != self.biden_latest: | |
| general_channel = self.get_channel(CHANNEL_ID) | |
| await general_channel.send("@everyone Biden now has %i electoral votes (previously %i)" % (electoral_votes, self.biden_latest)) | |
| self.biden_latest = electoral_votes | |
| elif candidate_name == "Donald Trump": | |
| if electoral_votes != self.trump_latest: | |
| general_channel = self.get_channel(CHANNEL_ID) | |
| await general_channel.send("@everyone Trump now has %i electoral votes (previously %i)" % (electoral_votes, self.trump_latest)) | |
| self.trump_latest = electoral_votes | |
| client = ElectionBotClient() | |
| client.run(TOKEN) |
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