from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import os.path
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',
return parser
-def fetch(url: str, timeout: int) -> None:
- r = requests.get(url, timeout=timeout)
- r.raise_for_status()
+def fetch(url: str, session: requests.Session, timeout: int) -> None:
+ with session.get(url, timeout=timeout) as r:
+ r.raise_for_status()
def main() -> None:
args = command_line_parser().parse_args()
- fetch(args.url, args.timeout)
+ with requests_cache.CachedSession(args.cache_path, cache_control=True) as session:
+ fetch(args.url, session, args.timeout)
if __name__ == '__main__':