Sends a message to HipChat and allows configuration by parameters

send.py

from hypchat import HypChat
import re
import sys
import argparse
import select
from hypchat.requests import HttpClientError

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Simply sends a message to a given room')
parser.add_argument('-t', '--token', action='store', dest="apitoken", default='xxxxxx')
parser.add_argument('-r', '--room', action='store', dest="room", default='rnd')
parser.add_argument('message', nargs='*', default=[])
args = parser.parse_args()

apitoken = args.apitoken
roomname = args.room
message = " ".join(args.message)

if select.select([sys.stdin,],[],[],0.0)[0]:
    message = "".join(sys.stdin.readlines())
    message = "<pre>%s</pre>" % message

try:
    hc = HypChat(apitoken)
    rooms = filter(lambda x: re.match(roomname, x['name'], re.IGNORECASE), hc.rooms()['items'])
except HttpClientError as e:
    sys.stderr.write("Could not connect to HipChat Server (%s)" % e)
    sys.exit(9)

if not rooms:
    sys.stderr.write("Could not find your room %s" % roomname)
    sys.exit(9)

room = rooms[0]
try:
    room.notification(message=message, color="green", format='html', notify=True)
except HttpClientError as e:
    sys.stderr.write("Could not send Message to HipChat Server (%s)" % e)
    sys.exit(9)

sys.exit(0)