Easily find random Wikipedia articles

WikiRand.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2.7

from urllib2 import urlopen, URLError
from json import loads
from webbrowser import open_new_tab

def getArticles():
    print "Fetching articles..."
    try:
        wiki = urlopen("http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list="
                       "random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=10&format=json")
    except URLError:
        print "The Wikipedia API is not accessible at the moment. Please try" \
              " again later."
        raise SystemExit

    return loads(wiki.read())["query"]["random"]

def main():
    print "WikiRand.py by pzp1997 (06/14/14)"
    print "Input anything to read an article, nothing to skip an article," \
          " and 'exit' to quit."
    print

    i = ""
    while True:
        articles = getArticles()
        for x in range(len(articles)):
            try:
                i = raw_input(articles[x]["title"] + ": ")
                if i == "exit":
                    print "Goodbye!"
                    raise SystemExit
                if not i == "":
                    open_new_tab("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid="
                                 + str(articles[x]["id"]))

            except UnicodeEncodeError:
                pass
            
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()