Hacky IRCCloud ping script

gistfile1.py

import json, pycurl, subprocess

class ChatStream(object):
    def __init__(self, sessid, handler):
        self.handler = handler
        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']:
                subprocess.call(['/usr/bin/notify-send',
                                 decoded['from'][:40],
                                 decoded['msg'][:100]])
        except KeyError:
            pass

# insert your session ID below
ChatStream(sessionID, handler)