Name Fetcher 1.2

name_gen.py

#Python 3.4

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup


def spider(max_refresh):
    file = open("names_generated.txt","w")
    file.close()
    file = open("names_generated.txt","a")
    refresh = 1
    dummy = 1
    while refresh <= max_refresh:
        name = ""
        url = "http://www.behindthename.com/random/random.php?number=2&gender=both&surname=&all=yes" #Generator Online
        source_code = requests.get(url)
        # just get the code, no headers or anything
        plain_text = source_code.text
        # BeautifulSoup objects can be sorted through easy
        soup = BeautifulSoup(plain_text)
        for link in soup.findAll('a', {'class': 'plain'}):
            title = link.string
            try:
                name += " " + title
            except:
                dummy = 1
        try:
            print(refresh)
            #print(name) #Prints names to console
            file.writelines(name+"\n")
        except:
            dummy = 1
        refresh += 1
    file.close()

spider(50) #How many names