Upload WarOnline_Chat.py

Updated the Quote and Post methods. Added last-page find function to search for the quotes.

WarOnline_Chat.py

@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 
 import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import urllib.request as urllib
+import warnings
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
 
 # Define the login URL and the thread URL
 login_url = 'https://waronline.org/fora/index.php?login/login'
 thread_url = 'https://waronline.org/fora/index.php?threads/warbot-playground.17636/'
 post_url = "https://waronline.org/fora/index.php?threads/warbot-playground.17636/add-reply"
 
-# Sending the message
-message = "Hello World"
+# Sending the message (change that!)
+message = "Test"
 
 # Define the login credentials
 username = 'WarBot'
@@ -18,6 +21,28 @@ password = 'naP2tion'
 # Start a session to persist the login cookie across requests
 session = requests.Session()
 
+
+def compare_pages(url1, url2):
+    #Compares 2 pages and returns True if they are the same
+    return urllib.urlopen(url1).geturl() == urllib.urlopen(url2).geturl()
+
+def get_last_page_of_thread(thread_url=thread_url, startingPage=1):
+    #Returns a link to the last page of the thread
+    page = startingPage #Counter
+    lastPage = False
+    while not lastPage:
+        response = requests.get(thread_url + 'page-' + str(page))
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            pass  # do something (optional)
+            if not compare_pages(thread_url + 'page-' + str(page), thread_url + 'page-' + str(page + 1)):
+                page += 1
+            else:
+                lastPage = True
+        else:
+            lastPage = True
+
+    return (thread_url + 'page-' + str(page))
+
 def login(username=username, password=password, thread_url=thread_url):
     # Log-In to the forum and redirect to thread
 
@@ -41,8 +66,13 @@ def login(username=username, password=password, thread_url=thread_url):
         print('Login failed!')
         exit()
 
-def post(message=message, thread_url=thread_url, post_url=post_url):
-    #Post a message to the forum
+def post(message=message, thread_url=thread_url, post_url=post_url, quoted_by="",quote_text=""):
+    #Post a message to the forum (with or without the quote
+    quote_source = '3920987' #quoted message source (TBD)
+
+    if quoted_by:
+        message = f'[QUOTE="{quoted_by}, post: {quote_source}"]{quote_text}[/QUOTE]{message}'
+        # optionally add @{quoted_by} to indent the quoter
 
     # Retrieve the thread page HTML
     response = session.get(thread_url)
@@ -97,5 +127,9 @@ def readQuote(thread_url=thread_url, username=username):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     login(username=username, password=password, thread_url=thread_url)
-    #post(message=message, thread_url=thread_url, post_url=post_url)
-    readQuote(thread_url=thread_url)
+    post(message=message, thread_url=thread_url, post_url=post_url,quoted_by='Василий Пупкин',quote_text='Testing the XenForo response mechanism')
+    #readQuote(thread_url=get_last_page_of_thread(thread_url,1))
+    #! readQuote shall also return the quoted message number. TBD.
+    # The task is to fine the last unanswered quote
+    # Answered quote = there is a post with reply by WarBot
+    # The answer shall be with blockQuote