ROTD is a python script which provides a recap of the day by web scraping various websites. The recap consists of a bible verse, an inspirational quote, and a mini RSS-feed displaying headlines of current news from /r/news and /r/worldnews.
This script was designed to be run at the start of a terminal session to provide a composite information block from various websites.
- To stay up to date with current events and news
- To gain inspiration from various works and authors
- To minimize distraction time often experienced on a web browser
ROTD uses these python libraries to work properly:
- pickle - Serialization of objects and working persistent data
- BeautifulSoup - HTML/XML parser for extracting data
- webbrowser - For opening links of news article in browser
To avoid having to type the entire command to run the script, an alias is recommended.
$ alias dr='python rotd.py'
$ dr
When the information block above is unwanted, the remove-all option should be used. To revert back, the -reset option should be used. In order to sync news with the most current, the -sync-current-news option should be used. To open the news article in a web browser, the -open-link option should be used with the article number desired.
usage: rotd.py [-h] [-a] [-n] [-f] [-r] [-s] [-o OPEN_LINK]
Recap of the Day! #ROTD
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-a, --remove-all hides all attributes
-n, --news-remove removes news from the recap data shown
-f, --find-new-quote finds new inspirational quote
-r, --reset reset all attributes to show again
-s, --sync-current-news
fetches fresh news from /r/news and /r/worldnews
-o OPEN_LINK, --open-link OPEN_LINK
opens new tab in browser with news article of choice- Weather updates for the week
- Additional reddit pages or news sites
- Storing quotes/verses into database for future reference