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cricket score as Ubuntu notification.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pynotify
from time import sleep
def sendmessage(title, message):
pynotify.init("Test")
notice = pynotify.Notification(title, message)
notice.show()
return
url = "http://static.cricinfo.com/rss/livescores.xml"
while True:
r = requests.get(url)
while r.status_code is not 200:
r = requests.get(url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text)
data = soup.find_all("description")
score = data[3].text
sendmessage("Score", score)
sleep(60)
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