h/plugins/yahooanswers.py

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from util import hook, http
from random import choice
@hook.command
def answer(inp, bot=None):
".answer <query> -- find the answer to a question on Yahoo! Answers"
url = "http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch"
app_id = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("yahoo", None)
if app_id is None:
return "error: yahoo appid not set"
result = http.get_json(url,
query=inp,
search_in="question",
output="json",
appid=app_id)
questions = result.get("all", {}).get("questions", [])
answered = filter(lambda x: x.get("ChosenAnswer", ""), questions)
if not answered:
return "no results"
chosen = choice(answered)
answer, link = chosen["ChosenAnswer"], chosen["Link"]
response = "%s -- %s" % (link, answer)
return " ".join(response.split())