MainchanBriefBot

# MainchanBriefBot - A Discord bot that briefs you about what is going on with Mainchan.
# XXX WARNING: This is a prototype; do not use. XXX
# version 0.1.0

import os
import discord
import requests
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def scrapeFirstPost(url):

    # This function returns data from the first post in the given url.

    page = requests.get(url)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(page.content, "html.parser")

    submissions = soup.find_all("div", class_="submission-content-container")

    title_elem = submissions[0].find("span", class_="submission-title")
    title_text = title_elem.text.strip('\n')
    title_link = title_elem.find('a')['href']

    comments_elem = submissions[0].find("li", class_="submission-comments")
    comments_link = comments_elem.find('a')['href']

    return {"title": title_text, "link": title_link, "comments": comments_link}

load_dotenv()
TOKEN = os.getenv('DISCORD_TOKEN')

intents = discord.Intents.all()

client = discord.Client(intents=intents)

# execute only once when connected
@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f"{client.user} has connected to Discord")

# execute whenever there is a new message
@client.event
async def on_message(message):

    # dont do anything if the message was sent by the bot itself
    if message.author == client.user:
        return

    if message.content == "whatsup with mainchan" and message.channel.name == "test":

        firsthot = scrapeFirstPost("https://mainchan.com/all?sortBy=hotness")
        firstnew = scrapeFirstPost("https://mainchan.com/all?sortBy=new")

        # TODO: make sure it is safe to send this text over discord.
        await message.channel.send(f"**hottest post**\ntitle: {firsthot['title']}\ncomments: {firsthot['comments']}\n\n**newest post**\ntitle: {firstnew['title']}\ncomments: {firstnew['comments']}")

client.run(TOKEN)