Get notified when somebody posts a new topic in a forum

latest_topic.txt

71750

ticket_search.py

import requests

KIMONO_API_KEY = "<MY_API_KEY>"
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_NUMBER = "<TWILIO_ACCOUNT_NUMBER>"
TWILIO_API_KEY = "<TWILIO_API_KEY>"
TWILIO_API_SECRET = "<TWILIO_API_SECRET>"
MY_TWILIO_NUMBER = "+1234567890"
NOTIF_RECIPIENTS = ('+1 415 123-4567', '+44 20 1234567' '+81 3 12345678')

URL = "https://www.kimonolabs.com/api/6zzoaezg?apikey={KIMONO_API_KEY}".format(**locals())
response = requests.get(URL).json()
data = response['results']['collection1']

latest_topic = int(open('latest_topic.txt').read())
max_topic = latest_topic
new_posts = []

for post in data:
    topic = int(post['Title']['href'].split('t=')[-1])
    if topic > latest_topic:
         new_posts.append(post)
         max_topic = max(max_topic, topic)

with open('latest_topic.txt', 'w') as f:
    f.write(str(max_topic))

def send_message(post, number):
    URL = "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{TWILIO_ACCOUNT_NUMBER}/SMS/Messages.json".format(**locals())
    text = "{}: '{}' ({} replies) {}".format(
        post['Date']['text'],
        post['Title']['text'],
        post['Replies'],
        post['Title']['href']
    )
    params = {
        "From": MY_TWILIO_NUMBER,
        "To": number, 
        "Body": text
    }
    requests.post(URL, data=params, auth=(TWILIO_API_KEY, TWILIO_API_SECRET))
    
for post in new_posts:
    for number in NOTIF_RECIPIENTS:
        send_message(post, number)

Congrats on the ticket search to attend this year's 🔥

Have you been before?