Collect some stuff form apcupsd.

ups.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import urllib2
from time import sleep

p = Popen(['/sbin/apcaccess'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
(o, e) = p.communicate()

status = {} 
for l in o.splitlines():
    pm = l.split(':')
    status[pm[0].strip()] = (':'.join(pm[1:])).strip()

voltage = status['LINEV'].split()[0]
loadpct = status['LOADPCT'].split()[0]
timeproj = status['TIMELEFT'].split()[0]
battchg = status['BCHARGE'].split()[0]

base_url='https://api.thingspeak.com/update?api_key=APIKEY'
update_url=base_url+'&field1='+voltage+'&field2='+loadpct+'&field3='+timeproj+'&field4='+battchg
try:
    urllib2.urlopen(update_url, timeout = 10)
except urllib2.URLError, e:
    pass

sleep(15)