The Python program that fetched the activity of a Scratch user

main.py

from requests import get
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from pprint import pprint

Scratch_URL = "https://scratch.mit.edu"


def get_activity_type(raw_activity_type):
    activities = {
        "added": "studio-add",
        "became a curator of": "studio-curator",
        "loved": "project-love",
        "favorited": "project-favorite",
        "is now following": "user-follow",
        "is now following the studio": "studio-follow",
        "shared the project": "project-share",
        "was promoted to manager of": "studio-manager",
        "remixed": "project-remix",
        "joined Scratch": "scratch-join",
    }
    return activities[raw_activity_type]


def get_activity(username):
    response = get(
        f"https://scratch.mit.edu/messages/ajax/user-activity/?user={username}&max=1000000",
        headers={"User-Agent": "Python Requests"},
    ).content

    soup = BeautifulSoup(response, "html.parser")
    activities = soup.find_all("li")
    result = []
    for activity in activities:
        div_contents = activity.find("div").contents
        a = {}
        activity_type = get_activity_type(div_contents[2].strip())
        activity_time = str(activity.find("span", "time").contents[0]).replace(
            "\xa0", " "
        )
        a = {"Type": activity_type, "Time": activity_time, "Action": {}}
        a_act = a["Action"]
        if activity_type == "studio-add":
            a_act["ProjectURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[3]['href']}"
            a_act["ProjectName"] = f"{str(div_contents[3].contents[0])}"
            a_act["StudioURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[5]['href']}"
            a_act["StudioName"] = f"{str(div_contents[5].contents[0])}"
        elif activity_type == "studio-curator":
            a_act["StudioURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[3]['href']}"
            a_act["StudioName"] = f"{str(div_contents[3].contents[0])}"
        elif activity_type == "project-love":
            a_act["ProjectURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[3]['href']}"
            a_act["ProjectName"] = f"{str(div_contents[3].contents[0])}"
        elif activity_type == "project-favorite":
            a_act["ProjectURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[3]['href']}"
            a_act["ProjectName"] = f"{str(div_contents[3].contents[0])}"
        elif activity_type == "user-follow":
            a_act["UsernameURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[3]['href']}"
            a_act["Username"] = f"{str(div_contents[3].contents[0])}"
        elif activity_type == "studio-follow":
            a_act["StudioURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[3]['href']}"
            a_act["StudioName"] = f"{str(div_contents[3].contents[0])}"
        elif activity_type == "project-share":
            a_act["ProjectURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[3]['href']}"
            a_act["ProjectName"] = f"{str(div_contents[3].contents[0])}"
        elif activity_type == "studio-manager":
            a_act["StudioURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[3]['href']}"
            a_act["StudioName"] = f"{str(div_contents[3].contents[0])}"
        elif activity_type == "project-remix":
            a_act["ParentProjectURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[3]['href']}"
            a_act["ParentProjectName"] = f"{str(div_contents[3].contents[0])}"
            a_act["NewProjectURL"] = f"{Scratch_URL}{div_contents[5]['href']}"
            a_act["NewProjectName"] = f"{str(div_contents[5].contents[0])}"
        result.append(a)
    return result


activity = get_activity("programORdie")
pprint(activity)  # Just pretty print the result...