Angee Kickstarter Notification

angee_kickstarter.py

# 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)