jokes.py

# /usr/bin/env python3

# Imports
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import random

# The concept of webscraping is used here.
# From the URL mentioned below, jokes are scraped and stored.
# A random joke is retrieved


def get_jokes():

    jokes = []
    url = "https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-pun-jokes/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic"
    response = requests.get(url)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, "html.parser")

    for i in (soup.find('div', attrs={"class": "left-content-column", "data-role": "swipe"}).find('div', attrs={"class": "open-list-items clearfix"}).find_all('div', attrs={"class": "open-list-item open-list-block clearfix"})):
        jokes.append((i.find('p').find('span').string))
    return(random.choice(jokes))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(get_jokes())