Python library for sending data to Phant (data.sparkfun.com). https://bitbucket.org/boomlinde/pyphant/overview

example.py

import phant
import time

log = phant.factory(
    'http://data.sparkfun.com/input/aGRVr0MQ4NHbwxWaZRLv?private_key=KE75BAJKR8HebZWVPr2p',
    key=str,
    value=int
)

i = 0
while True:
    print log(key="tick", value=i)
    i += 1
    time.sleep(5)

phant.py

import urllib
import urllib2

def factory(endpoint, timeout=10, *plain, **converters):
    for p in plain:
        converters[p] = lambda x: x
    def committer(**values):
        converted = {}
        if set(converters.keys()) ^ set(values.keys()):
            raise TypeError('Value mismatch (expected: %s)' % (
                ', '.join(converters.keys())
            ))
        for k, v in values.items():
            try:
                converted[k] = converters[k](v)
            except ValueError:
                raise ValueError(
                    'Parameter "%s" can not be converted with "%s"' % (
                    k, converters[k].__name__
                ))
        url = endpoint + '&' + urllib.urlencode(converted)
        return bool(int(urllib2.urlopen(url, timeout=timeout).read(1)))
    return committer