# ebert_movies.py, by chaynes@indiana.edu
'''
Get the text of Roger Ebert's recommendations page and print
the recommended movie titles.
'''

import http

ebert_recommends_url = 'http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/'
ebert_recommends_url += 'section?category=REVIEWS05'

# Search between the first occurrence of '-- main content--' and the next
# '!Middle1' for movie names. Names start after the first b> after 
# 'href=/apps/pbcs.dll' and end with the following '<'.
def main():
    text = http.get(ebert_recommends_url)
    begin = text.index('-- main content --')
    endRecs = text.index('!Middle1', begin)
    while True:
        i = text.find('href="/apps/pbcs.dll', begin)
        if i == -1 or i > endRecs:
            break
        begin = text.find('b>', i) + 2
        end = text.find('<', begin)
        print text[begin : end]
    
main()