A python script to notify you of your current TimeWarrior task

timewn.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Notifies the user of the curently active TimeWarrior task every m minutes (default 10min).
# Requirements
#  - python 2.7
#  - pynotify
# Usage:
# python timewn.py [optional seconds]

import sys
import pynotify

from subprocess import check_output, CalledProcessError
from time import sleep


pynotify.init("markup")

def readtask():
    try:
        lines = check_output(["timew"]).split('\n')
    except CalledProcessError:
        return None
    lines = [_.strip() for _ in lines]

    name = lines[0][len('Tracking'):].strip()
    time = lines[3].split()[1]
    return name, time

    # check if anything is active
def start(seconds=10*60):
    while True:
        task = readtask()
        msg = '<h3><font color="red"> No task in progress</font></h3>'
        if task:
            msg = """<h3><b> 
                     Working on 
                     <font color="red">{}</font> ({})</b></h3> 
                  """.format(*task)
        n = pynotify.Notification("<h2>TimeWarrior</h2>", msg)
        n.show()
        sleep(seconds)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    # read time in seconds from arguments, or use 10 minutes as default
    time = float(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) >= 2 else 10*60 
    start(time)