Scripts for Website

system_notify.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import subprocess
import threading
import pynotify
import sys
 
top_stories_url=“http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/”
 
top_stories_req = requests.get(top_stories_url)
 
 
class ShowNotification(threading.Thread):
 
    def __init__(self,notificationText,Appname):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.text=notificationText
        self.Appname = Appname
 
    def run(self):
        if not pynotify.init(“TOI Notification”):
            pynotify.init(self.Appname)
        n=pynotify.Notification(self.Appname,self.text)
        n.show()
 
soup = BeautifulSoup(top_stories_req.text)
 
top_stories = soup.find(‘ul’, attrs={“data-vr-zone”:“top_stories”})
 
notification_array=[]
#fetch top_stories
for top in top_stories:
    c_soup = BeautifulSoup(str(top))
    links=c_soup.findAll(‘a’)
    for link in links:
        #print link.text + “$$$” + link.attrs[‘href’]
        if link.attrs[‘href’].startswith(‘/’):
            notification_array.append(link.text)
            #print link.text + “$$$” + top_stories_url + link.attrs[‘href’]
        else:
            notification_array.append(link.text)
            #print link.text + “$$$” + link.attrs[‘href’]
 
latest_stories = soup.find(‘ul’, attrs={“data-vr-zone”:“latest”})
 
#fetch latest news
for latest in latest_stories:
    c_soup = BeautifulSoup(str(latest))
    links=c_soup.findAll(‘a’)
    for link in links:
        #print link.text + “$$$” + link.attrs[‘href’]
        if link.attrs[‘href’].startswith(‘/’):
            notification_array.append(link.text)
        else:
            notification_array.append(link.text)
 
thread_list=[]
i=0
while i < len(notification_array):
    note_text="——————————————————————-" + "\n"
    for v in notification_array[i:i+3]:
        note_text=note_text+ v + "\n" + "——————————————————————-" + "\n"
    t_name = ShowNotification(note_text,‘TOI Alert’)
    t_name.start()
    thread_list.append(t_name)
    i=i+3
 
for thread in thread_list:
    thread.join()