import csv from datetime import date import os import random import configparser import requests from lxml import etree from fake_useragent import UserAgent def configInfo(): '''Reads the configuration file "config.ini" to get the file path of the csv file that stores the vocabulary and the number of appearances of a word presented. Return in a tuple with these two values''' config = configparser.ConfigParser() config.read(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'config.ini')) #reads the configuration file return (config.get('FILES', 'the_file'),int(config.get('APPEARANCES', 'appearances'))) #return the two vales def theDate(datePrompt, sep = " "): '''Used for acquiring a date from the user. Different prompt could be presented by modifying the argument "datePrompt", which must be a string. If there is no input, return the date of today. The default input format is "yyyy mm dd". Different separator may be specified by the argument sep.''' try: #return a date object if the input format is correct return (lambda x: date(*map(int, x.split(sep))) if x != "" else date.today())(input(datePrompt)) except (TypeError, ValueError): #if format not correct, the user will be asked again print("The date format is not correct!\n") return theDate(datePrompt, sep) def inputWords(inputWordsPrompt, sep = ","): '''Used to acquire the words that the user wants to store, and return a list with the words. The prompt and the separator can be modified.''' return [word.strip() for word in input(inputWordsPrompt).lower().split(sep)] def inputDateAndWords(inputDate, inputWordList): '''Return the full list of a date and the words.''' return [inputDate] + inputWordList def writeWords(dateWordsList, filePath): '''Writes the list with date and words to the csv file.''' with open(filePath, 'a', newline = '') as file: csv.writer(file).writerow(dateWordsList) def file2Dict(filePath): '''Re