Script made to win this intigriti competition: https://twitter.com/intigriti/status/1422527390211878914

discord_intigriti_competition.py

import re
import requests as rq
from subprocess import Popen
from time import sleep

gift_card_regex = r"[0-9a-z]{4}\s[0-9a-z]{4}\s[0-9a-z]{4}\s[0-9a-z]{4}"

while True:
    try:
        resp = rq.get("https://discord.com/api/v9/guilds/870275171938873395/messages/search?author_id=864079810829484062", headers={
            "authorization": "AUTH_TOKEN"
        }).json()
    except rq.exceptions.SSLError:
        print("SSL Error")
        continue
    
    rate_limit = resp.get("retry_after")
    if rate_limit is not None:
        print(f"Being ratelimited, sleeping for {rate_limit}")
        sleep(rate_limit + 1)
        continue

    most_recent = resp.get("messages")[0][0]
    content = most_recent.get("content")

    gift_card_matches = re.findall(gift_card_regex, content)
    if len(gift_card_matches) == 0:
        sleep(5)
        continue
    else:
        gift_card = gift_card_matches[0]
        print(f"FOUND: {gift_card}")
        for i in range(50):
            sleep(1)
            Popen(["telegram-send", gift_card])
        break