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secret santa assignments in python
#!/usr/bin/env python
import smtplib
import json
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
message = '''Hello {santa}!
It's the secret santa elf here! You have been allocated to be secret
santa for {name} ({email}). Remember you only have a budget of $50, so
good luck!
But remember its got to be a secret!
Merry Christmas,
The Secret Santa Elf
'''
def send_email(pair):
mime_msg = MIMEText(message.format(name=pair['to_name'],email=pair['to'],
santa=pair['santa']))
me = '[email protected]'
you = pair['santa']
mime_msg['Subject'] = 'Secret Santa!!!'
mime_msg['From'] = me
mime_msg['To'] = you
# Send the message via our own SMTP server, but don't include the
# envelope header.
s = smtplib.SMTP_SSL('[smtp server]')
s.login('[smtp user]','[smtp pass]')
s.sendmail(me, [you], mime_msg.as_string())
s.quit()
if __name__ == '__main__':
email_to_name = json.load(open('email_to_name.json'))
match_list = json.load(open('match_list.json'))
for m in match_list:
m['to_name'] = email_to_name[m['to']]
for m in match_list:
send_email(m)
#!/usr/bin/env python
import csv
import json
import random
def bad_match(match_dict,exc_dict):
for santa,target in match_dict.items():
if target in exc_dict[santa]:
return True
return False
def random_match(email_list):
people_list = list(email_list)
random.shuffle(people_list)
match_dict = dict()
for i in range(len(people_list)-1):
match_dict[people_list[i]] = people_list[i+1]
match_dict[people_list[-1]] = people_list[0]
return match_dict
def get_match(exc_dict):
email_list = exc_dict.keys()
match_dict = random_match(email_list)
while bad_match(match_dict,exc_dict):
match_dict = random_match(email_list)
match_list = [{'santa':k, 'to':v} for k,v in match_dict.items()]
return match_list
def load_csv(csv_filename):
email_to_name = dict()
exclusions = dict()
with open(csv_filename) as csv_file:
csv_reader = csv.DictReader(csv_file)
for row in csv_reader:
email = row['email'].strip()
name = row['name'].strip()
exe = [row['exclude'].strip()]
email_to_name[email] = name
exclusions[email] = exe
#print(name + ' ' + email + ' ' + exe[0])
return (email_to_name, exclusions)
if __name__ == '__main__':
email_to_name, exc_dict = load_csv('hh_secret_santa.csv')
match_list = get_match(exc_dict)
# save match list
json.dump(match_list,open('match_list.json','w'),indent=2)
# save email to name dict
json.dump(email_to_name,open('email_to_name.json','w'),indent=2)
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