quote_scraping_project.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import random

quotes_list = []
page = 1
while True:
    response = requests.get(f"http://quotes.toscrape.com/page/{page}/")
    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, "html.parser")
    no_quotes = soup.body.contents[1].find_all(class_="col-md-8")[1].get_text()
    if "No quotes found!" in no_quotes:
        break
    else:
        quotes = soup.find_all(class_="quote")

        for quote in quotes:
            quotes_list.append([quote.find(itemprop="text").get_text(),
                                quote.find(itemprop="author").get_text(),
                                quote.find("a")["href"]])
        page += 1


def get_hint(random_quote, next_hint):
    if next_hint == 0:
        hint_response = requests.get(f"http://quotes.toscrape.com{random_quote[2]}")
        hint_soup = BeautifulSoup(hint_response.text, "html.parser")
        born = hint_soup.find(class_="author-born-date").get_text()
        born_location = hint_soup.find(class_="author-born-location").get_text()
        print(f"Here is a hint: The author was born {born}, {born_location}")
    elif next_hint == 1:
        print(f"Here is a hint: The author's first name starts with {random_quote[1][0].upper()}")
    elif next_hint == 2:
        surname = (random_quote[1].split(" ")[1][0]).upper()
        print(f"Here is a hint: The author's last name starts with {surname}")


def play_again():
    replay = input("Would you like to play again? (Y/n) > ")
    if replay.upper() == "Y":
        print("Great! Here we go again...\n")
        game()
    else:
        print("OK. See you next time.")
        exit()


def game():
    random_quote = random.choice(quotes_list)
    guesses_left = 4
    next_hint = 0
    print(f"{random_quote[0]}")
    guess = input(f"\nWho said this? Guesses remaining: {guesses_left}. > ")

    while True:
        if guess == random_quote[1]:
            print("You guessed correctly! Congratulations!")
            play_again()
        else:
            guesses_left -= 1
            if guesses_left == 0:
                print(f"You are out of guesses! The author was {random_quote[1]}")
                play_again()
            get_hint(random_quote, next_hint)
            next_hint += 1
            guess = input(f"\nWho said this? Guesses remaining: {guesses_left}. > ")


game()