Added a motivational quote notifier.

motivational_quotes_automation/README.md

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+#Motivational Quotes
+A simple script that will automatically send a windows notification containing a motivational quote to keep you motivated during your work or study sessions.
+
+#How to use
+`pip install requirements.txt`
+`python motivate.py`

motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py

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+import os
+import sys
+import json
+import time
+import requests
+from pprint import pprint
+import winrt.windows.data.xml.dom as dom
+import winrt.windows.ui.notifications as notifications
+
+
+def check_availability():
+    # check if the running device is windows
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        pass
+    else:
+        print('This script only runs on windows.')
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+
+def get_quote():
+    # access api to get a quote
+    url = 'https://zenquotes.io/api/random'
+    req = requests.request('GET', url)
+
+    if req.status_code != 200:
+        print('Connot reach api.')
+        sys.exit(0)
+    else:
+        pass
+
+    data = json.loads(req.content)
+    # pprint(data)
+    return data
+
+
+def create_notifier(data):
+    quote = data[0]['q']
+    author = data[0]['a']
+    app = '''
+    {1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe
+    '''
+
+    nManager = notifications.ToastNotificationManager
+    notifier = nManager.create_toast_notifier(app)
+    tString = f"""
+      <toast>
+        <visual>
+          <binding template='ToastGeneric'>
+            <text>Motivational Quote</text>
+            <text>By {author},</text>
+            <text>{quote}</text>
+          </binding>
+        </visual>
+        <actions>
+          <action
+            content="Delete"
+            arguments="action=delete"/>
+          <action
+            content="Dismiss"
+            arguments="action=dismiss"/>
+        </actions>
+      </toast>
+    """
+
+    xDoc = dom.XmlDocument()
+    xDoc.load_xml(tString)
+
+    notifier.show(notifications.ToastNotification(xDoc))
+
+
+def main_app():
+    while True:
+        check_availability()
+        data = get_quote()
+        create_notifier(data)
+        print('Sent notification.')
+        time.sleep(2 * 3600)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main_app()

motivational_quotes_automation/requirements.txt

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+winrt==1.0.21033.1
+requests==2.25.1