test_input.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

""" Test menu for Website
"""

import urllib2
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

print (47 * '-')
print ("   C H O I C E   L I S T")
print (47 * '-')
print ("1. Page One")
print ("2. Page Two")
print ("3. Page Three")
print ("4. Page Four")
print (47 * '-')
print (47 * '-')

#############################
##  Robust error handling  ##
##  only accpet int        ##
#############################
## Wait for valid input in while...not ###

is_valid=0

while not is_valid :
        try :
                choice = int ( raw_input('Enter your choice [1-8] : ') )
                is_valid = 1 ## set it to 1 to validate input and to terminate the while..not loop
        except ValueError, e :
                print ("'%s' is not a valid choice." % e.args[0].split(": ")[1])


### Take action as per selected choice list option ###
mapping = {
    1: 'www.mywebsite.com/page_one.html',
    2: 'www.mywebsite.com/page_two.html', 
    3: 'www.mywebsite.com/page_three.html',
    4: 'www.mywebsite.com/page_four.html'
}

try:
    page = mapping[choice]
except KeyError:
    print ("Invalid choice. try again...")
    # TODO: try again? :)

username = raw_input("Please, type your username\n")

url = "http://{page}/{username}".format(page=page, username=username)
html_content = urllib2.urlopen(url)

soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content, "lxml")

#####################
## STRINGS REPLACE ##
#####################

start_msg = "Hey, you have "
end_msg = "comments !"
end_str = "read !"


####################
## COMMENTS COUNT ##
####################

count_comments = soup.find("span", "sidebar-comments")
count_comments
count_comments_final = count_comments.find_next("meta")


################
## COUNT READ ##
################

count_read = soup.find("span", "sidebar-read")
count_read
count_read_final = count_read.find_next("meta")



##################
## PRINT RESULT ##
##################

print start_msg + count_comments_final['content'].split(':')[1] + end_msg
print start_msg + count_read_final['content'].split(':')[1] + end_str