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[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 os.path
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
import requests_cache
from xdg_base_dirs import xdg_cache_home


def command_line_parser() -> ArgumentParser:
    parser = ArgumentParser(prog='paperdoorknob', description='Print glowfic')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--cache_path',
        metavar='PATH',
        help='Where to keep the http cache (instead of %(default)s)',
        default=os.path.join(xdg_cache_home(), "paperdoorknob"))
    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, session: requests.Session, timeout: int) -> BeautifulSoup:
    with session.get(url, timeout=timeout) as r:
        r.raise_for_status()
        return BeautifulSoup(r.text, 'html.parser')


def main() -> None:
    args = command_line_parser().parse_args()
    with requests_cache.CachedSession(args.cache_path, cache_control=True) as session:
        fetch(args.url, session, args.timeout)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()