Return name of today's free ebook of Packtpub

packtpub_free_ebook.py

import datetime
import re
import urllib2

def today_packtpub_free_ebook():
    FREE_EBOOK_URL = 'https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning'
    try:
        request = urllib2.Request(FREE_EBOOK_URL)
        response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
    except:
        today_title = 'Request to Packpub website failed'
    else:
        html = response.read()
        html = html.replace('\n', '')
        html = html.replace('\t', '')
        book_title_regex = '<div class="dotd-title"><h2>(.+?)</h2></div>'
        pattern = re.compile(book_title_regex)
        title = re.findall(pattern, html)
        if title:
            today_title = title.pop(0)
        else:
            today_title = 'Unable to retrieve ebook name'
    return (datetime.date.today(), FREE_EBOOK_URL, today_title)

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