decode.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def decode_secret_message(url):
    # Fetch the Google Doc content
    response = requests.get("https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQGUck9HIFCyezsrBSnmENk5ieJuYwpt7YHYEzeNJkIb9OSDdx-ov2nRNReKQyey-cwJOoEKUhLmN9z/pub")
    response.raise_for_status()  # Ensure the request was successful
    
    # Parse the HTML content with BeautifulSoup
    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
    
    # Find the table in the document
    table = soup.find('table')
    if not table:
        raise ValueError("No table found in the Google Doc")
    
    # Extract rows from the table
    rows = table.find_all('tr')
    if len(rows) < 2:
        raise ValueError("Table does not contain enough rows")
    
    # Extract headers (expecting 'x-coordinate', 'Character', 'y-coordinate')
    header = [cell.get_text(strip=True) for cell in rows[0].find_all('td')]
    if header != ['x-coordinate', 'Character', 'y-coordinate']:
        raise ValueError("Unexpected table headers")
    
    # Parse table data into a list of dictionaries
    data = []
    for row in rows[1:]:
        cells = row.find_all('td')
        if len(cells) != 3:
            continue  # Skip malformed rows
        entry = {
            'x-coordinate': int(cells[0].get_text(strip=True)),
            'Character': cells[1].get_text(strip=True),
            'y-coordinate': int(cells[2].get_text(strip=True))
        }
        data.append(entry)
    
    if not data:
        raise ValueError("No valid data extracted from the table")
    
    # Determine grid dimensions
    max_x = max(entry['x-coordinate'] for entry in data)
    max_y = max(entry['y-coordinate'] for entry in data)
    
    # Create a grid filled with spaces
    grid = [[' ' for _ in range(max_x + 1)] for _ in range(max_y + 1)]
    
    # Populate the grid with characters
    for entry in data:
        x = entry['x-coordinate']
        y = entry['y-coordinate']
        char = entry['Character']
        grid[y][x] = char
    
    # Print the grid row by row, reversing y-axis to match example orientation
    for row in reversed(grid):
        print(''.join(row))
    

if __name__ == "__main__":
    url = "https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQGUck9HIFCyezsrBSnmENk5ieJuYwpt7YHYEzeNJkIb9OSDdx-ov2nRNReKQyey-cwJOoEKUhLmN9z/pub"
    decode_secret_message(url)