Wiki.py

"""This plays a game based on the notion that all 1st links on wikipedia lead to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_Philosophy this is a page better explaining the game
Created by Jordan Camilletti"""

import webbrowser
import urllib
from urllib.request import urlopen
randomUrl="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random"
url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random"
prompt=""
goAgain="N"
while(goAgain!="Y"):
	print("Do you want to use a random article?(Y/N)")
	rndPage=input()
	print("Do you want the wiki pages to open?(Y/N)")
	open_page=input()
	if(rndPage=="N"):
		print("Enter starting prompt")
		prompt=input()
	route=[]

	while(prompt!="Philosophy" and prompt!="Philosophical"):
		if(rndPage=="N"):
			route.append(prompt)
			url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"+prompt
		prompt=""
		lnk_found=False
		if(open_page=="Y"):
			webbrowser.open(url)
		page=urllib.request.urlopen(url)
		while(page.readline() or lnk_found==False):
			lne=page.readline()
			if(b'<p>' in lne and b'<a href="/wiki/' in lne):
				lnk_found=True
				break
		lnk_found=False
		par=False
		line=lne.decode("utf-8")
		for x in range(len(line)):
			if(line[x]=="("):
				par=True
			if(line[x]==")"):
				par=False
			if(not par):
				if(line[x-15:x]=='<a href="/wiki/'):
					newWrd=line[x:]
					for n in range(len(newWrd)):
						try:
							if(newWrd[n]!='"'):
								prompt+=newWrd[n]
							else:
								newWrd=""
						except IndexError:
							lnk_found=True
							break
			if(lnk_found):
				break
		print(prompt)
		if(prompt in route):
			print("Endless loop encountered!")
			break
	print(route)
	print("\nDo you want to go again?")
	goAgain=input()