Title:           [Python] Best Pony Poll
Author:          Anonymous
Pastebin link:   http://pastebin.com/4GRxGtTf
First Edit:      Saturday 3rd of August 2013 02:27:09 AM CDT
Last Edit:       Saturday 3rd of August 2013 02:27:09 AM CDT

#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
"""
Pony Haxxinator 3000
by Lambda Fairy (github.com/lfairy)
(c) so much it hurts
"""
 
import sys
if sys.version_info.major < 3:
raise SystemExit('ERROR! You need Python version 3 to run this program! Exclamation marks!')
 
import json
from itertools import count
from random import random
from threading import Thread, current_thread
from time import sleep
from urllib.request import urlopen
 
BEST_PONY = 'Rarity' # XXX DO NOT CHANGE THIS LINE
 
# Set this too low, and best pony will lose.
# Set this too high, and your computer crashes.
# Decisions, decisions.
PARALLELIZM = 50
 
NAMES = ['Twilight Sparkle', 'Rainbow Dash', 'Pinkie Pie', 'Fluttershy', 'Applejack', 'Rarity']
 
URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://www.hubworld.com/api/index.php?method=answerPoll&questionId=6cf8294f-e87c-4b73-a59a-75936fc6e678&answerId=6cf8294f-e87c-4b73-a59a-75936fc6e678_{}'
 
 
def name_spinner():
"""Yield a bunch of names, all beginning with Bob."""
for i in count():
yield 'Bob-' + str(i)
 
 
def interpolate(pony):
"""Turn a pony name into a URL."""
pony_id = NAMES.index(pony)
return URL_TEMPLATE.format(pony_id)
 
 
def processify(data):
"""Given a bytes object, return a dict mapping each pony to its
number of votes."""
data = json.loads(data.decode('utf-8'))
def streamyolo():
for blob in data['answers']:
pony_id = int(blob['answerId'].split('_')[1])
count = int(blob['count'])
yield NAMES[pony_id], count
return dict(streamyolo())
 
 
def regurgitate(status):
"""Dump the return value of processify() in a pony-readable format."""
entries = list(status.items())
entries.sort(key=lambda entry: entry[1], reverse=True)
 
for pony, count in entries:
print('{:>20}: {:>6}'.format(pony, count))
 
 
def loopdaloop(best_pony):
cl_name = current_thread().name
 
def log(msg, *args):
print('[{}]'.format(cl_name), msg.format(*args))
 
while True:
sleep(random()*3)
try:
log('Sending vote...')
data = urlopen(interpolate(best_pony)).read()
status = processify(data)
print()
log('Vote for {} locked in!', best_pony.upper())
print('Current votes:')
regurgitate(status)
print()
except Exception as ex:
log('** {!r}', ex)
 
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
print(__doc__)
print('Preparing to deploy {} changelings'.format(PARALLELIZM))
print('{} is best pony ({})'.format(BEST_PONY, 'bwahaha' if BEST_PONY == 'Rarity' else 'traitor!'))
names = name_spinner()
for i in range(PARALLELIZM):
changeling = Thread(target=loopdaloop, name=next(names), args=[BEST_PONY])
changeling.start()