little Python script to get count of unread RSS feeds from The Old Reader

rssToConky.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Milán Unicsovics, u.milan at gmail dot com
# usage: ./rssToConky.py
# writes out the count of unread RSS feeds from The Old Reader (http://theoldreader.com/)

import requests
import json

def main():
    try:
        user = 'EMAILADDRESS'
        password = 'PASSWORD'

        session = requests.Session()

        # login
        data = {'user[email]': user, 'user[password]': password}
        session.post('http://theoldreader.com/users/sign_in', data = data, timeout = 5)

        # get feeds
        response = session.get('http://theoldreader.com/feeds/counts.json', timeout = 5)
        feeds = json.loads(response.text)['feeds'][0]['feeds']

        unread = 0
        for feed in feeds:
            unread += int(feed['unread_count'])
        print(unread)
    except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
        print(0)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()