Fetch URLs

[paperdoorknob] / paperdoorknob.py

# paperdoorknob: Print glowfic
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
# Free Software Foundation, version 3.


from argparse import ArgumentParser
import requests


def command_line_parser() -> ArgumentParser:
    parser = ArgumentParser(prog='paperdoorknob', description='Print glowfic')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--timeout',
        help='How long to wait for HTTP requests, in seconds',
        default=30)
    parser.add_argument('url', help='URL to retrieve')
    return parser


def fetch(url: str, timeout: int) -> None:
    r = requests.get(url, timeout=timeout)
    r.raise_for_status()


def main() -> None:
    args = command_line_parser().parse_args()
    fetch(args.url, args.timeout)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()