Ping pong ball controller Twitter coupling

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#!/usr/bin/env python

import tweepy, time, sys, serial, json

CONSUMER_KEY = ''
CONSUMER_SECRET = ''
ACCESS_KEY = ''
ACCESS_SECRET = ''

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

ser = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyACM0", 9600)

class PingPongListener(tweepy.StreamListener):
    def on_data(self, data):
        try:
            decoded = json.loads(data)
            text = decoded['text'].encode('ascii', 'ignore')

            i = text.find("SP")
            if(i == -1):
                return True
            numbers = text[i+2:i+2+3]
            integer = int(numbers)
            print "Found new setpoint:", numbers, len(numbers)
            print decoded
            ser.write(numbers + "\n")
            ser.flush()
            api.create_friendship(screen_name=decoded['user']['screen_name'])
            api.update_status("@" + decoded['user']['screen_name'] + " I set the setpoint to " + numbers + " for you. #VUB #Arduino", in_reply_to_status_id=decoded['id'])
        except KeyError:
            pass
        except:
            print("Something strange happened")
            pass

        return True

l = PingPongListener()
stream = tweepy.Stream(auth, l)
stream.userstream()