RandomPhotoNasa

This automation script will pull a random image from https://images.nasa.gov based on the search parameter provided. If the script is used within a widget, it will output an image in markdown format. If it is used anywhere else it will output an image in markdown format and also context data.

Type

python

Pack

CommunityCommonScripts

Source

import demistomock as demisto  # noqa: F401
from CommonServerPython import *  # noqa: F401
import random
from datetime import datetime

import requests

args = demisto.args()
search = args.get("search", "nebula")
widget_type = args.get("widgetType")

date_now = datetime.utcnow()
end_year = date_now.year
headers = {"Accept": "application/json"}
params = {"q": search, "media_type": "image", "year_start": 1920, "year_end": end_year}
res = requests.request("GET", "https://images-api.nasa.gov/search", params=params, headers=headers)
if res.status_code != 200:
    demisto.results("Hmmm, I couldn't a photo. Try refreshing?")
else:
    json_data = res.json()
    items = json_data.get("collection", {}).get("items", [])

    random_index = random.randint(0, len(items) - 1)
    random_list_entry = items[random_index]
    title = random_list_entry.get("data")[0].get("title")
    description = random_list_entry.get("data")[0].get("description")
    url = random_list_entry.get("href")

    res = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)
    if res.status_code != 200:
        demisto.results("Hmmm, I couldn't a photo. Try refreshing?")
    else:
        json_data = res.json()
        json_data = [x for x in json_data if "metadata.json" not in x]
        if json_data:
            random_image_index = random.randint(0, len(json_data) - 1)
            image_url = json_data[random_image_index]
            md = f"![{title}]({image_url})\n[{title}]({image_url}) - {description}"
        else:
            md = ""

        if not widget_type:
            command_results = CommandResults(
                outputs_prefix="NASA.Image",
                outputs_key_field="title",
                outputs={"title": title, "description": description, "image": image_url},
                readable_output=md,
            )
            return_results(command_results)
        elif widget_type == "text":
            demisto.results(md)

        elif widget_type == "number":
            demisto.results(42)

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