covid-checker.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# crappy script to check colorado's covid tracking site. Run once per day via cron or cloudwatch/lambda
import bs4
import requests

def check_co_gov_site():
    url = 'https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/2019-novel-coronavirus'
    reply = requests.get(url)
    soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(reply.text, features='html.parser')

    # This is hyper-fragile, but their site kinda sucks so whatever
    positive_covid_cases_html = soup.select('#content-inner > div > div.field.field-name-body.field-type-text-with-summary.field-label-hidden > div > div > div:nth-child(7) > table > tbody > tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(2) > p > span > span > span')
    positive_covid_cases = int(positive_covid_cases_html[0].text)
    return positive_covid_cases

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    import boto3 # only call if script is being used in lambda, otherwise don't bother people
    ACCESS_SECRET_KEY = 'ASDASDASDASDASDASDASD'
    ACCESS_KEY_ID = 'AKIAASDASDASDASD'
    phone_number = "11235551234"
    sns_client = boto3.client('sns',\
        aws_access_key_id=ACCESS_KEY_ID,\
        aws_secret_access_key=ACCESS_SECRET_KEY,\
        region_name = 'us-east-1'
    )
    positive_covid_cases = check_co_gov_site()
    if positive_covid_cases > 0:
        message = " CO reported {} positive covid cases".format(positive_covid_cases)
        sns_client.publish(PhoneNumber=phone_number, Message=message)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    positive_covid_cases = check_co_gov_site()
    if positive_covid_cases > 0:
        print('ZOOOOOMBIES CORAL')