Hacky IRCCloud ping script

gistfile1.py

import json, pycurl, subprocess, urllib, urllib2

def session_cookie(email, pw):
    '''Small helper to grab the session ID if necessary.
       You don't need to do this often; session IDs don't expire frequently.
    '''
    req = urllib2.Request(
        url='https://irccloud.com/chat/login',
        data=urllib.urlencode([('email', email), ('password', pw)]))
    res = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    return json.loads(res.readline())['session']

class ChatStream(object):
    def __init__(self, sessid, interval):
        self.interval = interval
        self.last_notify = 0.0
        self.buffer = ''
        self.curl = pycurl.Curl()
        self.curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, 'https://irccloud.com/chat/stream')
        self.curl.setopt(pycurl.COOKIE, 'session=' + sessid)
        self.curl.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, self.chunk)
        self.curl.perform()

    def chunk(self, data):
        linebreak = data.find('\n')
        if linebreak >= 0:
            self.handler(self.buffer + data[:linebreak])
            self.buffer = data[linebreak+1:]
        else:
            self.buffer += data

    def handler(msg):
        if len(msg) > 0:
            decoded = json.loads(msg)
            try:
                if decoded['highlight'] or decoded['from'] == decoded['chan']:
                    current = time.time()
                    if current - self.last_notify > self.interval:
                        self.last_notify = current
                        subprocess.call(['/usr/bin/notify-send',
                                         decoded['from'][:40],
                                         decoded['msg'][:100]])
            except KeyError:
                pass

# insert your session ID and minimum seconds between notifications below
ChatStream(sessionID, interval)