""" CSC111 Homework 10 assignment. This program retrieves contact information
from the Smith directory, and compiles it into a table for an HTML file.
The class definitions FriendInfo and getURLinfo are used. The input is read
from an input file containing last names
J Cardell, April 2011"""
from getURLinfo import *
from FriendInfo import *
def readNames(InName):
"""Open the file with the last names of contacts, create a list of the
names and return this list."""
inF = open(InName, 'r')
names = []
for line in inF:
names.append(line[:-1])
inF.close()
return names
def openHTMLFile(htmlName):
"""Open the HTML file to be used for the output file, and write the
opening HTML tags to this file."""
hFile = open(htmlName, 'w')
hFile.write("""\n\nCSC111 HW10
\nSample Page for CSC 111 HW 10
\n\n""")
return hFile
def getFriends(names, baseURL):
"""Using the FriendInfo and getURLinfo class definitions, compile a list
of FriendInfo objects using the information retrieved from the Smith
directory, that is retrieved using the getURLinfo class."""
# Initialize the list of FriendInfo objects to the empty list
friends = []
# construct the getURLinfo object and set the URL instance variable
contact = getURLinfo()
contact.setURL(baseURL)
# Process names one at a time, retrieving information from the Smith
# directory for each name, including the phone number and email address
for nm in names:
# Create a new FriendInfo object to fill with new information
contactInfo = FriendInfo()
# Retrieve name information
contact.setMarkers('TemplateBContactInfo">',"")
fullName = contact.getInfo(nm)
# slice off initial, residual HTML tag and then split on the comma
lNm, fNm = fullName[4:].split(', ')
# Retrieve phone number
contact.setMarkers("(413)","
")
ph = contact.getInfo(nm)
# Retrieve email address
contact.setMarkers('directory">',"")
addr = contact.getInfo(nm)
contactInfo.newInfo(fNm+' '+lNm, ph, addr)
friends.append(contactInfo)
return friends
def writeTable(friends, hFile):
"""Write a table from the FriendInfo list to the HTML page"""
# Write the opening table tags before entering the for-loop, the table
# data inside the for-loop and the closing table tags after the for-loop
hFile.write("""\n
This is data retrieved from the Smith Directory
\n\t| Name | \n\tPhone Number | \n\tEmail | """)
for info in friends:
hFile.write("""\n \n\t| %s | \n\t%s | \n\t%s |
""" % (info.getName(), info.getPhone(), info.getEmail()))
hFile.write("\n ")
def closeHTML(hFile):
"""Write close HTML tags and close the HTML output file."""
hFile.write("\n\n\n")
hFile.close()
def main():
"""The main function reads the input file containing a list of last names,
and uses these names to access the Smith directory and retrieve contact
information. The data is written to an HTML file names HW10.html"""
# Read in input data, open both files, and write opening HTML tags
names = readNames("NamesList.txt")
htmlF = openHTMLFile("HW10.html")
# Use getURLinfo and FriendInfo classes to retrieve contact information
# from the Smith directory
URL = "http://www.smith.edu/global_campusdirectory.php?name=%s"
friendsList = getFriends(names, URL)
# Format the contact information into an HTML table and write it out to
# the output file HW10.html
writeTable(friendsList, htmlF)
# write the closing HTML tags and close the HTML file
closeHTML(htmlF)
main()
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