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from unbiasedObjects import *
import os
import random
import time


#take in a url and delimiters, return twitter card
def buildArticle(url, sourceName):#, titleDelStart, titleDelEnd, imgDelStart, imgDelEnd):

    '''#PRINT DEBUGGING
    print(sourceName)
    print(url)
    print()
    '''
    
    #download url
    os.system('wget -q -O scratch/temp_article.html --no-check-certificate '+url)

    #read the file in
    f=open('scratch/temp_article.html', 'r', encoding="utf8")
    content=f.read()
    f.close()

    try:
        #because the quote separator could be ' or ", trim to just before it then lop it off
        img=content.split('og:image" content=')[1][1:].split('>')[0]
        if img[-1]=='/':
            img=img[:-1].strip()
        img=img[:-1]

        title=content.split('og:title" content=')[1][1:].split('>')[0]
        if title[-1]=='/':
            title=title[:-1].strip()
        title=title[:-1]

        author=''
        if sourceName!='The Blaze':
            authorTags=['article:author', 'dc.creator']
            for tag in authorTags:
                if tag in content:
                    author=content.split(tag+'" content=')[1][1:].split('>')[0]
                    author=author[:-1]
                    break
        #handle The Blaze
        else:
            if 'class="article-author">' in content:
                author=content.split('class="article-author">')[1].split('<')[0]
            elif 'class="article-author" href="' in content:
                author=content.split('class="article-author" href="')[1]
                author=author.split('>')[1].split('<')[0].strip()

        description=content.split('og:description" content=')[1][1:].split('>')[0]
        if description[-1]=='/':
            description=description[:-1].strip()
        description=description[:-1]
        #strip out self-references
        description=description.replace(sourceName, 'our')

        a=Article(title, url, img, description, sourceName, author)
        return a

    except:
        print("Article parsing error in buildArticle() for URL: "+url+" in source "+sourceName+'\n')
        return None


def buildOutput(newsSourceArr):
    #read in the template html file
    f=open('html_template/template.html', 'r')
    template=f.read()
    f.close()
    
    #set the random order for sources
    h1RandomSources=random.sample(range(len(newsSourceArr)), 4)
    #For h2s and h3s, select N random sources (can repeat), then
    #a non-repetitive random article from within 
    h2RandomPairs=[]
    while len(h2RandomPairs) < 6:
        x=random.sample(range(len(newsSourceArr)), 1)[0]
        y=random.sample(range(len(newsSourceArr[x].h2Arr)), 1)[0]
        pair=[x,y]
        if not pair in h2RandomPairs:
            h2RandomPairs.append(pair)
    h3RandomPairs=[]
    while len(h3RandomPairs) < 12:
        x=random.sample(range(len(newsSourceArr)), 1)[0]
        y=random.sample(range(len(newsSourceArr[x].h3Arr)), 1)[0]
        pair=[x,y]
        if not pair in h3RandomPairs:
            h3RandomPairs.append(pair)


    #replace html template locations with data from newsSourceArr
    for i in range(len(h1RandomSources)):
        source=newsSourceArr[h1RandomSources[i]]
        randomArticle=random.sample(range(len(source.h1Arr)), 1)[0]
        article=source.h1Arr[randomArticle]
        template=template.replace('xxURL1-'+str(i+1)+'xx', article.url)
        template=template.replace('xxTitle1-'+str(i+1)+'xx', article.title)
        template=template.replace('xxImg1-'+str(i+1)+'xx', article.img)
        desc=article.description
        if len(desc)>144:
            desc=desc[:141]
            desc=desc.split()[:-1]
            desc=' '.join(desc)+' ...'
        template=template.replace('xxDesc1-'+str(i+1)+'xx', desc)

    for i in range(len(h2RandomPairs)):
        pair=h2RandomPairs[i]
        article=newsSourceArr[pair[0]].h2Arr[pair[1]]
        template=template.replace('xxURL2-'+str(i+1)+'xx', article.url)
        template=template.replace('xxTitle2-'+str(i+1)+'xx', article.title)
        template=template.replace('xxImg2-'+str(i+1)+'xx', article.img)

    for i in range(len(h3RandomPairs)):
        pair=h3RandomPairs[i]
        article=newsSourceArr[pair[0]].h3Arr[pair[1]]
        template=template.replace('xxURL3-'+str(i+1)+'xx', article.url)
        template=template.replace('xxTitle3-'+str(i+1)+'xx', article.title)
        template=template.replace('xxImg3-'+str(i+1)+'xx', article.img)


    sourcesStr=''
    for i in range(len(newsSourceArr)-1):
        sourcesStr+=newsSourceArr[i].name+', '
    sourcesStr+=newsSourceArr[-1].name
    print('Successfully parsed: '+sourcesStr)
    template=template.replace('xxSourcesxx', sourcesStr)
        

    #return updated text
    return template

def printOutputHTML(outputHTML, outFile):
    timestamp=time.strftime("%a, %b %-d, %-I:%M%P %Z", time.localtime())
    outputHTML=outputHTML.replace('xxTimexx', timestamp)
    
    f=open(outFile, 'w')
    f.write(outputHTML)
    f.close()

def buildNewsSourceArr(sourceList):

    #build the data structure
    i=0
    listLen=len(sourceList)
    while i < listLen:
        source=sourceList[i]

        if type(source) is NewsSource2:
            i+=1
            continue

        url=source.url

        #download file
        os.system('wget -q -O scratch/temp'+str(i)+'.html --no-check-certificate '+url)

        #read file
        f=open('scratch/temp'+str(i)+'.html', 'r', encoding="utf8")
        content=f.read()
        f.close()
        
        #delete file MAYBE DON'T DO THIS? CAUSES OS ERRORS
        #os.remove('scratch/temp'+str(i)+'.html')

        #add stories etc to the NewsSource object
        h1s, h2s, h3s=extractURLs(content, source)
        
        #build the Article objects and add to newsSource's appropriate list
        if h1s!=None and h2s!=None:
            for url in h1s:
                article=buildArticle(url, source.name)
                if article!=None: source.addArticle(article, 1) #sourceList[i].h1Arr.append(article)
            for url in h2s:
                article=buildArticle(url, source.name)
                if article!=None: sourceList[i].h2Arr.append(article)
            for url in h3s:
                article=buildArticle(url, source.name)
                if article!=None: sourceList[i].h3Arr.append(article)
            i+=1
        else:
            sourceList.remove(source)
            listLen-=1

            
    #return the original sourceList,
    #since everything should have been modified in place
    return sourceList