Thanks

birthday.py

from config import *
import arrow
import subprocess
import facebook

'''Comment and like all posts'''
def thank_friends():
    gist = 'https://gist.github.com/T-G-P/0ff78a80fedde4d0a186'
    message = """
Laziness got the best of me so I am having my server send thanks and likes for me.
I know you probably think this is weird... automation can be scary sometimes.
Anyway, I know this is a bit impersonal and I apologize.
To make up for it, let me share the mediocre specs of this virtual machine with you:\n
%s\n%s\n\n For those interested in this script: %s """ % (get_cpu_info(), get_rel_info(), gist)
    try:
        graph=facebook.GraphAPI(access_token=access_token)
        feed = graph.request('%s/feed' % facebook_id, args = {'limit': 666})
        post_ids = list(set(get_post_ids(feed)))
        for post_id in post_ids:
            graph.put_comment(object_id=post_id, message=message)
            graph.put_like(object_id=post_id)
        set_post_time(feed)
    except facebook.GraphAPIError as err:
        print err.message

'''Get relevant posts in array form'''
def get_post_ids(feed):
    post_ids = []
    for comment in feed['data']:
        created_time = arrow.get(comment['created_time']).datetime
        unix_time = int(created_time.strftime('%s'))
        if unix_time <= int(poll_time):
            return post_ids
        post_ids.append(comment['id'])
    return post_ids

'''Parse OS info to a string'''
def get_rel_info():
    command = subprocess.Popen(
        ['cat', '/etc/lsb-release'],
        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
        stderr=subprocess.PIPE
    )
    lsb, err = command.communicate()

    command = subprocess.Popen(
        ['cat', '/etc/os-release'],
        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
        stderr=subprocess.PIPE
    )
    os, err = command.communicate()

    return lsb+os

'''Parse cpu info to a string'''
def get_cpu_info():
    command = subprocess.Popen(
        ['cat', '/proc/cpuinfo'],
        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
        stderr=subprocess.PIPE
    )
    out, err = command.communicate()
    return out

'''Update the last polling time to be the latest post in the feed'''
def set_post_time(feed):
    latest_post = feed['data'][0]
    created_time = arrow.get(latest_post['created_time']).datetime
    unix_time = int(created_time.strftime('%s'))
    if unix_time < 1430089200:
        return
    with open(last_poll_path,'w') as f:
        f.write(str(unix_time))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    thank_friends()

config.py

app_id =''
app_secret = ''
facebook_id = ''
token_path = ''
last_poll = ''
with open(token_path,'r') as f: access_token = f.read()
with open(last_poll,'r') as f: poll_time = int(f.read())

cronjob

#Cron runs  every half hour on April 27th. 
*/30 * 27-28 04 * <path to python> <path to script>

poll_time.cfg

<poll time stored here>

token.cfg

<access token goes here>