top100sub.py

#tob100sub.py

"""
tob100sub is a program that gets a list of top 100 subreddit on reddit.com and
opens the a random subreddit from the list on a new tab on your default browser.
"""

# python imports
import random
import urllib2
import webbrowser
import random
import re
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup


site_name = 'http://www.redditlist.com/'

def get_content():
    req = urllib2.Request(site_name)
    site_data = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    content = BeautifulSoup(site_data)
    return content

def get_subreddits(site_content):
    subreddits = []
    table_reddits = site_content.findAll('tr', {'class': re.compile("halluc (?:bgcol)?")})
    for i in range(100):
        name = str(table_reddits[i].find('td', {'class': 'redditname'}).a.string)
        subreddits.append(name)
    return subreddits

def get_random(subreddits):
    randvalue = random.randrange(100)
    reddit_name =  subreddits[randvalue].lower()
    return reddit_name

def open_page(reddit_name):
    baseSite = "http://www.reddit.com/r/"
    redditSite = baseSite + reddit_name
    print "Opening: %s" % (redditSite)
    webbrowser.open_new_tab(redditSite)

def main():
    site_content = get_content()
    subreddits = get_subreddits(site_content)
    reddit_name = get_random(subreddits)
    open_page(reddit_name)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()