From 8bab73f984a00746a69aceb25a30fcb6eca4684e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rami Janini <>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 08:42:35 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added a motivational quote notifier.

---
 motivational_quotes_automation/README.md      |  6 +++
 motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py    | 52 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../requirements.txt                          |  2 +
 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 motivational_quotes_automation/README.md
 create mode 100644 motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py
 create mode 100644 motivational_quotes_automation/requirements.txt

diff --git a/motivational_quotes_automation/README.md b/motivational_quotes_automation/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8909d52d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/motivational_quotes_automation/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#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`
diff --git a/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py b/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7702974eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+import time
+import requests
+from win10toast import ToastNotifier
+
+
+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']
+    toast = ToastNotifier()
+    toast.show_toast(f"By {author}", quote)
+
+
+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()
diff --git a/motivational_quotes_automation/requirements.txt b/motivational_quotes_automation/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8605081c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/motivational_quotes_automation/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+win10toast
+requests==2.25.1

From ee66a0ecb8ce1de3254ac6a3411ad2744dd6fd6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rami Janini <>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 09:05:53 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Added a way to take user input for number of hours.

---
 motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py b/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py
index 7702974eb..dacea7a41 100644
--- a/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py
+++ b/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py
@@ -39,13 +39,18 @@ def create_notifier(data):
 
 
 def main_app():
+    try:
+        time_ = int(input('Repeat notification after (hours): '))
+    except:
+        print('''There was an error in the user input,
+         make sure that ur input is only numbers''')
+        sys.exit(0)
     while True:
-
         check_availability()
         data = get_quote()
         create_notifier(data)
         print('Sent notification.')
-        time.sleep(2 * 3600)
+        time.sleep(time_ * 3600)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

From 8502dbb64653a37647880132c99e49168896d16f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rami Janini <>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 09:07:43 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Edited PEP8 error.

---
 motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py b/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py
index dacea7a41..864567c51 100644
--- a/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py
+++ b/motivational_quotes_automation/motivate.py
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ def create_notifier(data):
 
 
 def main_app():
-    try:
-        time_ = int(input('Repeat notification after (hours): '))
-    except:
-        print('''There was an error in the user input,
-         make sure that ur input is only numbers''')
-        sys.exit(0)
+    time_ = int(input('Repeat notification after (hours): '))
     while True:
         check_availability()
         data = get_quote()