A simple script to get jokes

• Set up your environment
  • Download python 3 (tested with 3.8)
  • Install pip
  • Check that pip and python point to the right installation
  • Make a virtual environment and activate it (suggested, can be skipped)
• Get the code on your machine
  • Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/Python-World/Python_and_the_Web.git
  • Move to this directory cd Python_and_the_Web/Scripts/API/Random Joke
• Install requirements pip install -r requirements.txt
• Run it! python joke.py (on linux it's possible to run it with ./joke.py too but you'll need to chroot +x joke.py)

You can specify categories and types of jokes to avoid with --category and --exclude

Note that values are cAsE uNsEnSiTivE and comma,separated. While --category dark,pUn is ok, --category Dark Pun isn't.

See the Examples

There are 4 categories:

• Programming
• Dark
• Pun
• Miscellaneous

There is any which chooses a random one.

If a non valid category is passed, an error will be written to stderr and the exit code will be 1.

If you do not specify a category, any will be chosen.

There are 5 types of jokes:

• Nsfw
• Religious
• Political
• Racist
• Sexist

Passing --exclude nsfw will exclude nsfw jokes and the same applies to the other types.

If you don't specify anything nothing will be excluded: you could get an nsfw joke.

python joke.py

python joke.py --category dark

python joke.py --category dark --exclude nsfw,politics