Script for fetching roblox forum posts

rbxForumFetcher.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from time import sleep

forumID = 32

# Get the required form content
request = requests.get("https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID={}".format(forumID))

soup = BeautifulSoup(request.text, "html.parser")
form = soup.find(id='aspnetForm')
viewstate = form.find(id='__VIEWSTATE')['value']
viewstategenerator = form.find(id='__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR').get('value')
eventvalidation = form.find(id='__EVENTVALIDATION').get('value')


def getPage(page):
    global viewstate, viewstategenerator, eventvalidation, form

    eventtarget = "ctl00$cphRoblox$ThreadView1$ctl00$Pager$Page{}".format(page - 1)
    result = requests.post("https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID={}".format(forumID), data={
        '__VIEWSTATE': viewstate,
        '__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR': viewstategenerator,
        '__EVENTVALIDATION': eventvalidation,
        '__EVENTTARGET': eventtarget,
        '__EVENTARGUMENT': '',
        '__LASTFOCUS': ''
    })

    pageData = BeautifulSoup(result.text, 'html.parser')

    # Update form data
    form = pageData.find(id='aspnetForm')
    viewstate = form.find(id='__VIEWSTATE')['value']
    viewstategenerator = form.find(id='__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR').get('value')
    eventvalidation = form.find(id='__EVENTVALIDATION').get('value')

    return pageData

def getAllIDs(page):
    soup = getPage(page)
    ids = []

    for row in soup.find_all(class_='forum-table-row'):
        href = row.find(class_='post-list-subject')['href']
        id = href[href.find('PostID=') + 7:]
        ids += [int(id)]

    return ids

with open('/home/valts/robloxPosts.txt', 'a') as f:
    for i in range(1, 10+1):
        ids = getAllIDs(i)
        for id in ids:
            f.write('https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=' + str(id) + '\n')
        sleep(3)