Ideabot importer

importer.py

import requests
import time

url = 'https://us-central1-hackathonideas-6e61d.cloudfunctions.net/addIdea'

def addIdea(author, idea):
    r = requests.post(url, data={'author': author, 'idea': idea})
    return r.status_code

with open('ideas.txt') as ideas:
    for line in ideas.read().split('\n'):
        try:
            idea = line.split('. ')[1::][0]
            author = '@covhacksoc'
            sent = False
            sleep = 1
            while not sent:
                if addIdea(author, idea) != 200:
                    sleep = sleep * 2
                else:
                    sent = True
                time.sleep(sleep)


        except:
            continue