A python notifier for SAT cancellations.

satChecker.py

import requests
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
import time

from Foundation import NSUserNotification
from Foundation import NSUserNotificationCenter
from Foundation import NSUserNotificationDefaultSoundName
from optparse import OptionParser

def notify(school):
	parser = OptionParser(usage='%prog -t TITLE -m MESSAGE')
	parser.add_option('-t', '--title', action='store', default='New SAT Cancellation')
	parser.add_option('-m', '--message', action='store', default=school)
	parser.add_option('--sound', action='store_false', default=True, dest='sound')

	options, args = parser.parse_args()

	notification = NSUserNotification.alloc().init()
	notification.setTitle_(options.title)
	notification.setInformativeText_(options.message)
	if options.sound:
		notification.setSoundName_(NSUserNotificationDefaultSoundName)

	center = NSUserNotificationCenter.defaultUserNotificationCenter()
	center.deliverNotification_(notification)

schoolSet = set()

while True:
	html = requests.get('https://sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-test-center-closings').content
	soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
	schools = soup.find('div', attrs={'id': 'closedNY'}).findAll("tr")

	for school in schools[1:]:
		curSchool = str(school).split('\n')[2][4:-5].title()
		if not (curSchool in schoolSet):
			schoolSet.add(curSchool)
			notify(curSchool)

	time.sleep(5)