Random Quote Desktop Notification

Scripts/API/Random_Quote_Notification/README.md

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+# Random Quote Notification
+A simple program presenting the use of an API, the plyer notification module and Scheduling tasks in Python.
+
+### Prerequisites
+- These are located in requirements.txt
+- You can run `pip install -r requirements.txt` to install these
+
+### How to run the script
+- Just run `main.py`
+
+### Result
+![Expected Output](result.png)
+
+## *Author Name*
+[Rogue Halo](https://github.com/rogue-halo)

Scripts/API/Random_Quote_Notification/main.py

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+# Random Quote Desktop Notification
+# Author: Rogue Halo
+# Date: 1st October 2020
+#---------------------------------
+# Imports
+import requests
+from plyer import notification
+from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
+
+# Sub-Routines
+def fetch(): # This gets the quote from the API and turns it into the quote to be displayed
+    quoteSite = requests.get("http://api.quotable.io/random")
+    quoteJson = quoteSite.json()
+    quote = quoteJson["content"] + "\n- " + quoteJson["author"]
+    if len(quote) > 256:
+        fetch()
+    else:
+        return quote
+
+def display(quote): # Uses the plyer module to display the quote
+    notification.notify(title="Random Quote",message=quote,app_name="Random Quote",app_icon="icon.ico", timeout=10,toast=False)
+
+# Main Program
+def task(): # This puts it all together
+    quote = fetch()
+    display(quote)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    task() # So that it prints a quote without waiting for the interval
+    scheduler = BlockingScheduler() # Creates a scheduler
+    scheduler.add_job(task, 'interval', hours=1) # Sets the interval, you may change this to your preferences
+    scheduler.start() # Starts scheduler