Created
September 23, 2015 13:16
-
-
Save tuxmartin/5f5818377eec5a736461 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Angee Kickstarter Notification
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
# http://raspi.tv/2014/programming-a-kickstarter-tracker-in-python-part-1 | |
from urllib2 import Request, urlopen, URLError | |
from time import sleep | |
import subprocess | |
someurl = 'https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomtu/angee-the-first-truly-autonomous-home-security-sys' | |
old_percent= 0.0 | |
def send_message(title, message): | |
command = 'notify-send -u normal -t 15000 "' + title + '" "' + message + '"' | |
print command | |
subprocess.Popen(command, stderr=None, shell=True) | |
while True: | |
req = Request(someurl) | |
try: | |
response = urlopen(req) | |
except URLError as e: | |
if hasattr(e, 'reason'): | |
print 'Chyba' | |
else: | |
the_page = response.readlines() # read each line of the html file | |
for line in the_page: # iterate through the lines | |
if 'data-goal' in line: | |
words = line.split(" ") # split line into 'words' | |
for word in words: # iterate through 'words' | |
if 'data-goal' in word: | |
target = word.split('"') # split word at " character | |
# make 2nd element a float | |
print 'Target: %.2f' % float(target[1]) # then truncate to 2 d.p. | |
if 'data-percent-raised' in word: | |
percent = word.split('"') | |
print 'Percentage raised: %.2f' % (float(percent[1]) * 100) | |
if 'data-pledged' in word: | |
amount_raised = word.split('"') | |
print 'Total so far: %.2f' % float(amount_raised[1]) | |
print ' ' # stick a blank line on the end | |
if (float(percent[1]) * 100) > old_percent: | |
old_percent = (float(percent[1]) * 100) | |
target = 'Target: $ %.0f' % float(target[1]) | |
percent = 'Percentage raised: %.2f %%' % (float(percent[1]) * 100) | |
total = 'Total so far: $ %.2f' % float(amount_raised[1]) | |
send_message("Angee Kickstarter", | |
target + '\n' + total + '\n\n' + percent) | |
break # break out of th | |
sleep(60) |
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment