# Install piazza_api package from
# https://github.com/hfaran/piazza-api/
# pip installs to Python 2 libraries by default, so this script is in 2, not 3
from piazza_api import Piazza
f = open(raw_input("Name of output file: ") + ".html", "w")
header = """
\n"""
f.write(header)
p = Piazza()
print("Awaiting Piazza login credentials...")
p.user_login()
course = p.network(raw_input("Piazza course ID (e.g. jv2glfqrxvd1d5): "))
posts = reversed(list(course.iter_all_posts()))
# Filters to retrieve instructor notes only (edit condition to try other tags)
# Produces .html file which can be viewed nicely formatted in a web browser
for p in posts:
if 'instructor-note' in p['tags']:
f.write('=========
\n')
f.write(p['created'].encode('utf-8') + '
\n')
f.write(p['history'][0]['subject'].encode('utf-8') + '\n')
f.write(p['history'][0]['content'].encode('utf-8') + '\n')
f.write('=========\n')
footer = """
"""
f.write(footer)