Send random article from Wiki to Mastodon

mastodon-wiki.py

# import packages
from mastodon import Mastodon
import wikipedia

# function by Perplexity AI
def truncate_text(text):
    if len(text) <= 200:
        return text
    else:
        truncated_text = text[:200]
        if text[200].isspace():
            return truncated_text.strip() + "..."
        else:
            return truncated_text[:truncated_text.rfind(" ")] + "..."

# get random article
try:
    wikipedia.set_lang('en')
    random_page = wikipedia.page(wikipedia.random())

    try:
        
        # Mastodon API
        mastodon = Mastodon(
                access_token='SECRET_ACCESS_TOKEN',
                api_base_url='https://mastodon.social')
        
        # send post
        mastodon.status_post(f'{random_page.title}\n{random_page.url}\n\n{truncate_text(random_page.summary)}')

    except Exception as ex:
        print(f"Exception (post article): {ex}")

except Exception as ex:
    print(f"Exception (get article): {ex}")