Create a new Beeminder datapoint if current system time is within a given window.

beemind-me-in-the-morning.sh

# Create a new Beeminder datapoint if current system time is within a
# given window.
#
# Possible use case: if you're on OS X, you can trigger this script with
# the free ControlPlane app. This means you can automatically Beemind
# yourself to a given location before a given time.
#
# Originally made by @peterhartree in order to Beemind his way to the 
# office bright and early. Check up on him at
# https://www.beeminder.com/peterhartree/goals/rcu :P

#######################################
# Config
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username="REPLACE"
authToken="REPLACE"

goalSlug="REPLACE"
datapointValue="1"
datapointComment="Good+morning+everybody"

startTime="500" # 5am
endTime="745" # 7.45am

# If you want to specify e.g. 9.30pm, use the number "2145".

#######################################
# No need to edit below here.
#######################################

currentTime=`date +%k%M`

if [ $currentTime -gt $startTime -a $currentTime -lt $endTime ]; then
    echo "Current time is within the specified window."
    echo "Sending Beeminder datapoint."
    curl --data "auth_token=$authToken&value=$datapointValue&comment=$datapointComment" https://www.beeminder.com/api/v1/users/$username/goals/$goalSlug/datapoints.json
    exit 0
else
    echo "Nothing to do."
    exit 0
fi