simple dyndns updater in python for feste-ip.net

dynupdate.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import urllib2, base64, syslog

username = "username"
password = "password"
host = "hostname.feste-ip.net"

url = "https://members.feste-ip.net/nic/update?hostname=%s" % (host)
auth = base64.b64encode('%s:%s' % (username, password))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, 'DYNDNS: start update dyndns')

        req = urllib2.Request(url)
        req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % auth)
        res = urllib2.urlopen(req)
        syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, 'DYNDNS: update successfull')
    except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
        syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, 'DYNDNS: failed to update -- status code: %s -- error: %s' % (e.code, e.read()))