Adding events links URL generator

Author: andrewpollack

tools/generate_event_links.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+"""
+Generates `meetup.com` URLs for the upcoming TWiR
+"""
+import datetime
+
+WEDNESDAY_DATETIME_DAY = 2
+END_DATE_WEEKS = 4 # Number of weeks to skip
+
+START_URL_ENCODING = "T03%3A00%3A00-05%3A00" #T03:00:00
+END_URL_ENCODING = "T02%3A59%3A00-05%3A00" #T02:59:00
+EVENT_TYPES = [
+    "online",
+    "inPerson"
+]
+KEYWORDS = [
+    "Rust"
+]
+LOCATIONS = [
+    "us--tx--Dallas",
+    "us--ca--San%20Francisco",
+    "us--ma--Boston",
+    "gb--Greater%20London--London",
+    "ru--Moscow",
+    "ma--Casablanca",
+    "de--Berlin"
+]
+
+def get_closest_wednesday():
+    """
+    Returns the closest Wednesday to the current day
+    """
+    day = datetime.datetime.today()
+
+    while day.weekday() != WEDNESDAY_DATETIME_DAY:
+        day += datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+    
+    return day
+
+def get_desired_date_range():
+    """
+    Returns datetime.datetime for the next closest Wednesday, and the Wednesday that 
+    is four weeks later.
+    """
+    closest_wednesday = get_closest_wednesday()
+
+    # We add END_DATE_WEEKS, and 1 day because Meetup requires DAY+1 for proper querying
+    end_date = closest_wednesday + datetime.timedelta(weeks=END_DATE_WEEKS, days=1) 
+
+    return closest_wednesday, end_date
+
+def get_formatted_dates():
+    """
+    Returns formatted date strings of format "YEAR-MONTH-DAY"
+
+    e.g. March 11, 2022 would be 2022-03-01{START_URL_ENCODING}
+    """
+
+    start, end = get_desired_date_range()
+    start_year, end_year = str(start.year), str(end.year)
+    start_month, end_month = str(start.month).zfill(2), str(end.month).zfill(2) # left padding with 0s
+    start_day, end_day = str(start.day).zfill(2), str(end.day).zfill(2) # left padding with 0s
+
+    return f"{start_year}-{start_month}-{start_day}{START_URL_ENCODING}", f"{end_year}-{end_month}-{end_day}{END_URL_ENCODING}"
+
+def get_urls():
+    urls = []
+    start_date, end_date = get_formatted_dates() 
+
+    for event_type in EVENT_TYPES:
+        for keyword in KEYWORDS:
+            for loc in LOCATIONS:
+                full_url = f"https://www.meetup.com/find/" \
+                        f"?keywords={keyword}" \
+                        f"&source=EVENTS&" \
+                        f"customStartDate={start_date}" \
+                        f"&customEndDate={end_date}" \
+                        f"&location={loc}" \
+                        f"&eventType={event_type}"
+                urls.append(full_url)
+    
+    return urls
+
+
+def main():
+    urls = get_urls()
+
+    # TODO: Auto parse results... For now, generates an HTML page of links to use
+    date_title = str(datetime.datetime.today().strftime("%m_%d_%Y"))
+    with open(f'{date_title}.html', 'w') as f:
+        f.write(f'<p>{date_title}</p>\n<br>\n')
+        for i, url in enumerate(urls):
+            text_line = url[160:]
+            f.write(f'<a href="{url}" target="_blank">{text_line}</a>\n<br>\n<br>\n')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()