polldaddy_automation

This project is a python function (with a Windows executable) that allows for automated voting on polldaddy.com. Required information is: poll uniqueid, poll number, selection id number, referer, and full name of the selection.

The information is updated in poll_inputs.yaml which needs to be stored in the same directory as the python script or executable.

As of May 2024 there is rate limiting at polldaddy to prevent too many votes from being submitted. It appeared to be based on IP address, and the 60 second wait is required when the rate limit is hit and the vote does not increment

Known Issues

Occassionally the HTML returned from polldaddy.com will not parse correctly and cause a failure. This is a temporary error and restarting the application usually resolves this, but it does need to be monitored.

License

Authors

• @wrestleraaron

Run Locally

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/wrestleraaron/https://github.com/wrestleraaron/polldaddy_automation

Go to the project directory

  cd polldaddy_automation

Optional create a virtual python environment and activate it:

python -m venv venv
. venv/activate (Unix/Mac)
venv\scripts\activate (Windows)

Install dependencies

  pip install -r requirements.txt

Update the poll_inputs.yaml file with the necessary and correct information. Using a browser, use Developer tools (or "Inspect page) and looking under the "Sources" tab for "secure.polldaddy.com" and getting the path and pollnumber.js file (e.g. https://secure.polldaddy.com/p/13808984.js). The "var PDV_h is the unique poll id.

Run the application as a standalone executable:

  polldaddy_automation.exe

Or via python:

  python polldaddy_automation.py

Acknowledgements

• @kingbin - polldaddy.rb