listen to the chat.meatspac.es socket

meat_listener.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from socketIO_client import SocketIO

ADDRESS = "https://chat.meatspac.es"

class MeatListener(object):
  def __init__(self):
    
    # connect to socket
    socketIO = SocketIO(ADDRESS, 443)
    print "listening to", ADDRESS
    # issue start message

    # trigger events
    socketIO.on('message', self.on_message)

    # wait forever...
    socketIO.wait()

  def on_message(self, *args):
 
    # parse response and upsert data
    try:
      resp = args[0]
      data = dict(
        message = resp['chat']['value']['message'].encode('utf-8'),
        b64_gif = resp['chat']['value']['media'],
        fingerprint = resp['chat']['value']['fingerprint'],
        created = resp['chat']['value']['created']
      )
      print data['message']
      
    except Exception as e:
        # never fail, because then the connection to the stream will stop
        print("ERROR: " + e.message + "\n")

if __name__ == '__main__':
  listen_to_meat = MeatListener()