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Fetch a random Chuck Norris joke
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
# | |
# The MIT License (MIT) | |
# | |
# Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Stefan Tatschner | |
# | |
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy | |
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal | |
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights | |
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell | |
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is | |
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: | |
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# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in | |
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software. | |
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# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR | |
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, | |
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE | |
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# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, | |
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN | |
# THE SOFTWARE. | |
import json | |
from html import unescape | |
from urllib.request import urlopen | |
import textwrap | |
joke = urlopen('http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random').read().decode() | |
joke = json.loads(joke) | |
joke = unescape(joke['value']['joke']) | |
print(textwrap.fill(joke, width=72)) |
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