Fedora Twitch broadcast status checker

twitch_checker.py

# A simple twitch notifier for fedora. 
# I only tested this on fedora but maby it works on other distributions as well. 
# The syntax is : "python scriptname streamer". 
# It will make a sound if the streamer goes on-air.



import urllib2
import json
import sys
import os
import time
import pygame
import dbus

def alertbox(user, state):
	bus = dbus.SessionBus()
	notifications = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.Notifications', '/org/freedesktop/Notifications')
	interface = dbus.Interface(notifications, 'org.freedesktop.Notifications')
	id = 4856
	timeout = 2500

	if state == 1:
		title = getTitle(user)
		interface.Notify('name',id,'', user + ' is online', title,'','',timeout)
	else:
		interface.Notify('name',id,'', user + ' is offline', '','','',timeout)

def getTitle(user):
	url = 'http://api.justin.tv/api/stream/list.json?channel=' + user

	result =json.loads(urllib2.urlopen(url, timeout = 100).read().decode('utf-8'))
	return result[0]['title']

def checkuser(user):
	try:
		url = 'http://api.justin.tv/api/stream/list.json?channel=' + user

		result =json.loads(urllib2.urlopen(url, timeout = 100).read().decode('utf-8'))
		if result:
			return True
		else:
			return False
	except:
		print "error"
		return "error"

def alertsound():
	#edit this to your own alert sound path
	urlSound = "alert.wav"

	pygame.init()
	pygame.mixer.music.load(urlSound)
	pygame.mixer.music.play()
	time.sleep(5)
	pygame.mixer.music.stop()

def init():
	prev = 0
	user = sys.argv[1]
	while True:
		if prev == 0:
			while True:
				online = checkuser(user)
				if online == True:
					alertbox(user, 1)
					alertsound()
					prev = 1
					break
				time.sleep(10)
		else:
			while True:
				online = checkuser(user)
				if online == False:
					alertbox(user, 0)
					alertsound()
					prev = 0
					break
				time.sleep(10)




init()