# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import requests
import re
import time

class NothingException(Exception):
    def __init__(self, length, rtvalue):
        Exception.__init__(self)
        self.length = length
        self.rtvalue = rtvalue

def findnothing(start_noth):
    """
    :type start_noth: str
    :rtype nothing : str
    """
    nothing = start_noth
    url_prefix = ‘http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/linkedlist.php?nothing=‘
    url = url_prefix + nothing

    try:
        for i in range(400):
            r = requests.get(url)
            print "now it‘s %d time for requesting for page:%s" % (i, url)
            time.sleep(1)
            if r.status_code == 200:
                nothing = re.findall(‘and the next nothing is \d+‘, r.content) # 取出固定格式的目标字串
                if len(nothing) != 1:
                    raise NothingException(len(nothing), 1) # 不只一个结果的话说明文言有变动
                else:
                    url = url_prefix + str(re.findall(‘\d+‘, nothing[0])[0]) # 正常情况下取出nothing继续访问
            else:
                print "get page %s failed" % url
                break
    except NothingException:
        print "now it‘s necessary for you to determine <nothing>."
        print "hint is: %s" % r.content  
        m_noth = raw_input("please input <nothing>:")  # 非正常文言情况下需要手动确定nothing
        findnothing(m_noth)

    return nothing

if __name__ == ‘__main__‘:
    print findnothing(‘12345‘)