from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests


def get_excuse():
    """
    Fetches a random developer excuse from devexcuses.com

    Returns:
        str: A formatted excuse string wrapped in code block
    """
    url = "http://www.devexcuses.com"
    response = requests.get(url, headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache"})
    response.raise_for_status()  # Raise exception for bad responses

    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, features="html.parser")
    excuse_element = soup.find("p", {"class": "excuse"})

    if not excuse_element or not excuse_element.contents:
        return "```Failed to get an excuse. Maybe that's your excuse?```"

    # Extract the excuse text more reliably using the <a> tag inside the <p>
    excuse_link = excuse_element.find("a")
    excuse_text = (
        excuse_link.text.strip() if excuse_link else excuse_element.text.strip()
    )

    return f"```{excuse_text}```"