shortest_answers

#! /usr/bin/env python
import json, sys

def load_posts(filename):
    dump = open(filename)
    posts = json.load(dump)
    dump.close()
    return posts

def answers_by_length(posts):
    answers = filter(lambda m: m['post_type']=='answer', posts)
    answers.sort(key=lambda m: len(m['body']))
    return answers

def format_answers(site_name, answers):
    return [' * http://%s.stackexchange.com/a/%d (%d) [%d%s]' %
            (site_name,
             a['post_id'],
             len(a['body']),
             a['score'],
             '*' * len(a['comments']) if a.has_key('comments') else '')
            for a in answers]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    site_name = sys.argv[1]
    if site_name.endswith('.json'): site_name = site_name[:-5]
    answers = answers_by_length(load_posts(sys.argv[1]))
    json.dump(answers, open(site_name + '-answers.json', 'w'))
    print '\n'.join(format_answers(site_name, answers))