QuoteGet.py

#! /usr/bin/python2
import bs4, requests, sys, random, urllib, time

searchurl = "https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q="+' '.join(sys.argv[1:]).replace(" ","+")+'+site%3Awikiquote.org'

res = requests.get(searchurl)
soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(res.text, 'html.parser')

if "If this error persists, please let us know: ops@duckduckgo.com" in soup:
    print("Sorry, sometimes duckduckgo doesn't want to work properly. Try running the script again.")
    sys.exit()

results = soup.select('.result__url')

for i in results:
    if "wikiquote.org" in i.text:
        wikiurl = urllib.unquote(i['href']).replace("/l/?kh=-1&uddg=","")
        break

try:
    wikiurl
except NameError:
    print('No wikiquote articles found for "'+' '.join(sys.argv[1:])+'"')
    sys.exit()
else:
    wiki = requests.get(wikiurl)
    wikisoup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(wiki.text, 'html.parser')
    if wikisoup.select_one('h2 > span[id="Seasons"]') is not None and wikisoup.select_one('h2 > span[id="Seasons"]').text == "Seasons":
        seasons = wikisoup.select('dl dd a')
        seasonlinks = []
        for i in seasons:
            try:
                seasonlinks.append('https://en.wikiquote.org'+i['href'])
            except KeyError:
                pass
        randseason = random.choice(seasonlinks)
        wiki = requests.get(randseason)
        wikisoup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(wiki.text, 'html.parser')
        quotes = wikisoup.select('dl dd')
        name = wikisoup.select_one('.firstHeading')
        rquote = random.choice(quotes).text
        while rquote.startswith('['):
            rquote = random.choice(quotes).text
        print(rquote)
    else:
        quotes = wikisoup.select('dl dd')
        name = wikisoup.select_one('.firstHeading')
        rquote = random.choice(quotes).text
        while rquote.startswith('['):
            rquote = random.choice(quotes).text
        print(rquote)