tracking stats of a re-uploaded video

fb_video_tracker.py

import urllib
import datetime
import time
import string

url = "https://www.facebook.com/theKLIQUE/videos/1079723095393383/"


def printStuff():
    fileObj = urllib.urlopen(url)
    mylist = []
    today = datetime.datetime.now()
    mylist.append(today)
    returnstring = str(mylist[0])
    returnstring += ","
    for line in fileObj:
        if ('<span id="fbPhotoPageExpiration"></span><div></div><span class="fcg">' in line):
            startIndex = line.find('<span id="fbPhotoPageExpiration"></span><div></div><span class="fcg">') + 69
            endIndex = line.find('Views')
            returnstring += line[startIndex:endIndex]
            returnstring += ","
        if ('"sharecount":' in line):
            startIndex = line.find('sharecount') + 12
            endIndex = line.find('sharecountreduced') - 2
            returnstring += line[startIndex:endIndex]
    return returnstring

finish_time = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(hours=6)

while 1:
    print 'Running tracker...'

    while 1:
        if datetime.datetime.now() < finish_time:
            mylist = []
            today = datetime.datetime.now()
            mylist.append(today)
            print mylist[0]
            writeString = printStuff() + "\n"
            with open('video_info.csv', 'a') as file:
                file.write(writeString)
        time.sleep(300)