little Python script that writes out the count of unread gmails

gmailToConky.py

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

# Milán Unicsovics, u.milan at gmail dot com
# usage: ./gmailToConky.py
# writes out the count of unread gmails

import requests
from xml.dom.minidom import parseString

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

        response = requests.get('https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom'.format(user, password), auth=(user, password))
        xml = parseString(response.text.encode('utf-8'))
        print(xml.getElementsByTagName('fullcount')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue)
    except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
        print(0)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()