Regularly checks APH to see if Hansard has been posted yet

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check_hansard.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Regularly checks APH to see if Hansard has been posted yet.
#
# Just run it on the command line to check yesterday's Handsard and press
# Ctrl-C when you want to stop checking

# Email address to notifiy
EMAIL=henare@openaustralia.org
# House to check, put 's' for Senate or 'r' for House of Reps
HOUSE=r
# Date to check for. The command below checks yesterday
HANDARD_DATE=`date -d yesterday +%Y-%m-%d`

while true; do
    date
    wget -N -q "http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/summary/summary.w3p;query=Id:chamber/hansard$HOUSE/$HANDARD_DATE/0000"
    if [ -n "`grep "No results found." 0000`" ]; then
        echo "Nope, no Hansard yet"
    else
        echo "Yay, looks like it's up. Emailing you"
        echo "Hansard for $HANDARD_DATE is ready" | mail -s "Hansard for $HANDARD_DATE posted" $EMAIL
    fi
    sleep 10m
done