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AlertMeh - send yourself an email every day when a Meh.com deal goes live
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alertmeh.py
import json
import urllib.request
import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
import schedule
import time
pwd = # your google app-specific password
api_key = # your meh.com api key
url = "https://api.meh.com/1/current.json?apikey=" + api_key
def job(t):
print("Initializing...")
data = urllib.request.urlopen(
url).read().decode('utf-8')
output = json.loads(data)
deal_title = output['deal']['title']
deal_price = output['deal']['items'][0]['price']
deal_features = output['deal']['features']
deal_specs = output['deal']['specifications']
deal_photo = output['deal']['items'][0]['photo']
text1 = "<h3>" + deal_title + " - $" + str(deal_price) + ".00</h3>"
text2 = "<p>" + deal_features + "</p><p>" + deal_specs + "</p>"
text1 = text1.replace('\n', '<br/>')
text2 = text2.replace('\n', '<br/>')
html = """\
<html>
<head>""" + text1 + """</head>
<body>
<img src='""" + deal_photo + """' width='200px'>""" + text2 + """
</body>
</html>
"""
# Create a text/plain message
msg = MIMEText(html, 'html')
me = # your email address
msg['Subject'] = deal_title + " - $" + str(deal_price)
msg['From'] = me
msg['To'] = me
# Send the message via our own SMTP server, but don't include the
# envelope header.
s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
s.ehlo()
s.starttls()
s.login(me, pwd)
s.sendmail(me, [me], msg.as_string())
s.quit()
print("Message sent!")
schedule.every().day.at("00:05").do(job, 'It is 12:05AM.')
while True:
schedule.run_pending()
time.sleep(60)
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