BBC - Radio 6 Music - Now playing

bbc6now.py

# coding=utf-8

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import time
import urllib2
import simplejson as json

prev = None
curr = None
url = 'http://polling.bbc.co.uk/radio/nowandnextservice/bbc_6music.json'

while True:
    data = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
    
    if data:
        json_data = json.loads(data)
        if json_data:
            message = json_data['message']
            if message:
                curr = message['artist'] + ' - ' + message['title']
                if curr != prev:
                    prev = curr
                    print curr
    
    time.sleep(10)