lapid.py

import datetime as dt
import random, time, urllib2

DICTIONARY_SITE = "http://svnweb.freebsd.org/csrg/share/dict/words?view=co&content-type=text%2Fplain"

class YairLapid(object):
    _BIRTH_DATE = dt.date(1963, 11, 5)
    _IS_MOST_ISRAELI = True

    def __init__(self):
        super(YairLapid, self).__init__()
        self._VOCABULARY = self._get_vocabulary()
    
    def _get_vocabulary(self):
        """
        Downloads a dictionary from the web :-((((
        """
        response = urllib2.urlopen(DICTIONARY_SITE)
        txt = response.read()
        return txt.splitlines()
    
    @property
    def is_most_israeli(self):
        return self._IS_MOST_ISRAELI

    @property
    def birthdate(self):
        return str(self._BIRTH_DATE)

    @property
    def days_since_birth(self):
        return (dt.date.today() - self._BIRTH_DATE).days

    def _get_current_year(self):
        return dt.date.today().year

    def _get_next_birthday(self):
        current_year = self._get_current_year()
        current_birthday = dt.date(current_year, self._BIRTH_DATE.month, self._BIRTH_DATE.day)
        if current_birthday > dt.date.today():
            return current_birthday
        else:
            return dt.date(current_year + 1, self._BIRTH_DATE.month, self._BIRTH_DATE.day)

    @property
    def next_birthday(self):
        return str(self._get_next_birthday())

    def is_birthday_passed(self):
        current_year = self._get_current_year()
        return self._get_next_birthday().year > current_year

    def talk_politics(self, time_to_talk):
        """
        Lets Yair Lapid explain his political beliefs for a given amount of time (in seconds)
        
        :param time_to_talk: the time you wish Yair to talk (in seconds)
        :type: int or float
        """
        if not (isinstance(time_to_talk, int) or isinstance(time_to_talk, float)):
            raise ValueError("Parameter 'time_to_talk' must be an int or a float.")
        
        current_time = time.time()
        time_to_end = current_time + time_to_talk
        
        while current_time < time_to_end:
            random_word = random.choice(self._VOCABULARY)
            print random_word,
            current_time = time.time()
        print ""

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'Yair Lapid, born in {0}'.format(self.birthdate)