Remove default max_attempts value from get_random_quote

This will allow the bot to post a quote even if badly formated quotes are selected from the CSV

README.md

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ First, copy `env.example` to `env`, then enter your actual login information. To
 execute the following commands:
 
 ```bash
-cd communistquotes
-sudo docker run -it --rm --name communistquotes --env-file env communistquotes
-sudo docker run -it --rm --name communistquotes --env-file ../env communistquotes
+cd communistquotes/templates/
+sudo docker build . -t communistquotes
+sudo docker run -it --rm --name communistquotes --env-file ../env communistquotes --debug
 ```
 
 ## Deploy

ansible.yml

@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@
   - name: create folder for build files
     file: path=/tmp/communistquotes state=directory
 
-  - name: copy build files
-    copy: src=templates/{{item.filename}} dest=/tmp/communistquotes/{{item.filename}}
-    with_items:
-      - { filename: 'Dockerfile' }
-      - { filename: 'main.py' }
-      - { filename: 'marxistquotes.csv' }
-      - { filename: 'requirements.txt' }
+  # NOTE: It doesnt really make sense to call the folder "templates", when we actually dont use a
+  # template task...
+  - name: copy all build files recursively
+    copy: src=templates/ dest=/tmp/communistquotes
 
   - name: Build image using cache source
     docker_image:

templates/Dockerfile

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
 
-CMD [ "python", "./main.py" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "python", "./main.py" ]

templates/main.py

@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@ import csv
 import itertools
 import random
 import os
+import argparse
 
 instance = os.environ['MASTODON_INSTANCE']
 username = os.environ['MASTODON_USERNAME']
 
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Parse quotes from .csv files, and post a random quote to Mastodon API')
+parser.add_argument('--debug', action='store_true', help='Dont actually login or post to the remote API')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
 mastodon_api = None
-# Create application if it does not exist
-# TODO: store this file in volume
-if not os.path.isfile(instance+'.secret'):
+if not args.debug:
+    # Create application if it does not exist
+    # TODO: store this file in volume
+    if not os.path.isfile(instance+'.secret'):
         if Mastodon.create_app(
             'tootbot',
             api_base_url='https://'+instance,
@@ -35,9 +41,50 @@ if not os.path.isfile(instance+'.secret'):
         to_file=username+".secret"
     )
 
-with open('marxistquotes.csv') as csvfile:
-    csvreader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',', quotechar='`', skipinitialspace=True)
-    row = random.choice(list(csvreader))
+"""
+get_random_quote: selects quotes randomly from a list until it finds one properly formated
+quotes: a list of comma separated values representing quotes
+max_attempts: the number of times a random quote should be selected if the previously selectd quote is formatted incorrectly
+return: the selected quote, or an empty list (if max_attempts was exceeded)
+"""
+def get_random_quote (quotes, max_attempts):
+	success = False
+	attempts = 0
+	quote = []
+	while (success == False and attempts < max_attempts):
+		success = True # will be set to false again if any values are bad
+		attempts = attempts + 1
+		print("Selecting a random quote... Attempt #{}".format(attempts))
+		quote = random.choice(quotes)
+		if len(quote) < 4:
+			print("Error: CSV has fewer than 4 columns.")
+			success = False
+		else:
+			for column in quote:
+				if column == "":
+					print("Error: CSV has at least one empty column.")
+					success = False
+					break # there is no need to continue looping over each column after the first failure
 
-    text = '<p>{}</p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- {}, <a href={}>{}</a>'.format(row[0], row[1], row[2], row[3])
-    toot = mastodon_api.status_post(text, visibility='public', content_type='text/html')
+    # TODO: remove badly formated quote and append it to a csv file with other badly formated quotes
+	return quote
+
+quotes = []
+for root, dirs, files in os.walk('quotes/'):
+    for name in files:
+        (base, ext) = os.path.splitext(name)
+        if ext == '.csv':
+            full_name = os.path.join(root, name)
+            with open(full_name) as csvfile:
+                csvreader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',', quotechar='`', skipinitialspace=True)
+                quotes += list(csvreader)
+
+print('Found %d total quotes' % len(quotes))
+
+row = get_random_quote(quotes, 20)
+
+text = '<p>{}</p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- {}, <a href={}>{}</a>'.format(row[0], row[1], row[2], row[3])
+print(text)
+
+if not args.debug:
+    mastodon_api.status_post(text, visibility='public', content_type='text/html')