Name: Anonymous 2013-09-01 7:55
ruby faggotry.rb
#!/faggotry/binaries/ruby-for-wise-person
debug = ARGV[0]
requirements = ['net/http', 'json', 'Nokogiri'].map { |mod| require mod }
print "#{requirements} \n" if debug
board_array = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(URI("http://api.4chan.org/boards.json")))["boards"].map { |board| board["board"] }
board = board_array[rand board_array.length];
url = "http://api.4chan.org/#;{board}/threads.json"
thread_url = "http://api.4chan.org/#;{board}/res/$NUMBER_PLACEHOLDER$.json"
print "Requesting info for /#{board}/: " + url + "\n" if debug
#Get all the thread numbers in the requested board
thread_numbers = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(URI(url))).map { |page| page["threads"] }.flatten.map { |thread| thread["no"] }
print "\# of threads in /#{board}/: #{thread_numbers.length}\n" if debug
total_threads = thread_numbers.length
thread_number = thread_numbers[rand total_threads].to_s
now_thread_url = thread_url.gsub("$NUMBER_PLACEHOLDER$", thread_numbers[rand total_threads].to_s);
print "Requesting /#{board}/#{thread_number} by #{now_thread_url}\n" if debug
post_array = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(URI(now_thread_url)))["posts"]
print "The wise man from /#{board}/ says:\n #{Nokogiri::XML.fragment(post_array[rand post_array.length]["com"]).xpath('.//text()').map(&:text).reduce { |result, text| result.to_s + "\n " + text}}\n"