flowdock.py

# -*-coding:utf-8-*-
#!/usr/bin/env python
import flowdock
import argparse

FLOWDOCK_API_KEY = "XXXX" 
FLOWDOCK_USERNAME = "Monit"
FLOWDOCK_TAGS = ["#alert"]

chat = flowdock.Chat(FLOWDOCK_API_KEY)

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Post monit alert to flow dock.')
    parser.add_argument('-m', '--message',
                        help='name of the concerned service')

    args = parser.parse_args()

    print u"Posting %r..." % (args.message, )
    chat.post(args.message, FLOWDOCK_USERNAME, FLOWDOCK_TAGS)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()