Programs And Scripts

#Today.py, keeping you informed about all things today
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import smtplib, ssl
from email.message import EmailMessage
import datetime 
import ics

#function to retrieve national holidays
def national_days():
    url = "https://www.checkiday.com/ical.php"
#download the iCalendar file and store it in an ics object
    c = ics.Calendar(requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True).text) 
#get list of events
    e = list(c.timeline)
    holidays = """ """
#filter out events that are from previous and future days since the calendar contains more than just one day
    for i in range(0, len(e)):
        f = list(c.timeline)[i]
        readable = "Event '{}' started {}".format(f.name, f.begin.humanize()) #turn iCalendar to text
#if the event name has hours, as in: event x, y hours from now
        if "hours" in readable:
#and if y number of hours minus 12 is nonnegative
            if (readable[-12].isdigit()):
#the event is happening today, so append it to the holiday string
                readable = readable.split("'")
                holidays += f"{readable[1]}, \n"
    return holidays

#function to scrape history events that happened today from a website
def history():
#get the page with all the info on it
    page = requests.get("https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history")
    soup = BeautifulSoup(page.content, 'html.parser')
#get the first event, located at the first heading level
    events = f"{soup.find('h1').get_text()}\n"
#locate the other events, at heading level 2
    headings = soup.find_all("h2")
#convert headings to a list for easier processing
    headings = list(headings)
#Remove the first few headings because they are not related to history
    del headings[0:2]
#add the remaining heading titles to the event string
    for i in range(0, len(headings)):
        events += headings[i].get_text() + "\n"
    return events

#function to email all the info acquired
def send(content, type):
    date = datetime.datetime.now()
#define all email settings
    port = 465
    smtp_server = "smtp.gmail.com"
    sender = "youremail"
    to = "anemail"
    password = "yourpassword"
#compose the email
    message = EmailMessage()
    message.set_content(content)
    message["From"] = sender
    message["To"] = to
#separate emails for holidays and history events
    if type == "holiday":
        message["Subject"] = f"Holidays celebrated on {date.strftime('%B %d')} are:"
#send the email
        context = ssl.create_default_context()
        with smtplib.SMTP_SSL(smtp_server, port, context=context) as server:
            server.login(sender, password)
            server.sendmail(sender, to, message.as_string())
    elif type == "event":
        message["Subject"] = f"things that happened today in history include:"
        context = ssl.create_default_context()
        with smtplib.SMTP_SSL(smtp_server, port, context=context) as server:
            server.login(sender, password)
            server.sendmail(sender, to, message.as_string())

#the main function
def main():
#try getting and sending the national days email, (separated for easier debugging)
        try:
            nationalDays = national_days()
        except:
            print(e)
        try:
            send(nationalDays, type="holiday")
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
#now attempt the history function
        try:
            historical = history()
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
        try:
            send(historical, type="event")
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)



main()

#File Generator, quickly generate empty files. 
from time import sleep
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter.filedialog import askdirectory

print("Select a folder to generate files into.")
sleep(1)
#open native folder selection dialog
root = tk.Tk()
root.withdraw()
path = askdirectory(title="Select Folder For Generated Files")
#continually prompt for file creation
while True:
    filename = input("Enter a filename or done to quit")
    if filename.upper() == "DONE":
        break #exit the loop
    elif filename == "":
        print("Please enter a filename")
        continue #jump back to the top of the loop
    try:
        f = open(path+"/"+filename, "x") #Creating the file with user specified filename
        f.close()
        print(f"{filename} generated successfully")
    except FileExistsError:
        print(f"{filename} already exists")
    except Exception as e: #handle all other exceptions
        print(f"Error creating {filename}. {e}")
print("Ok, exiting...")
sleep(1)