Tweet Speed Test Results to Comcast / TWC / Anyone

speedtest-tweeter.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import sys
import csv
import datetime
import time
import twitter

def test():

    # run speedtest-cli
    print 'running test'
    a = os.popen("python /home/pi/speedtest/speedtest-cli --simple").read()
    print 'ran'
    # split the 3 line result (ping,down,up)
    lines = a.split('\n')
    print a
    ts = time.time()
    date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
    # if speedtest could not connect set the speeds to 0
    if "Cannot" in a:
        p = 100
        d = 0
        u = 0
    # extract the values for ping down and up values
    else:
        p = lines[0][6:11]
        d = lines[1][10:14]
        u = lines[2][8:12]
    print date, p, d, u
    # save the data to file for local network plotting
    out_file = open('/var/www/assets/data.csv', 'a')
    writer = csv.writer(out_file)
    writer.writerow((ts * 1000, p, d, u))
    out_file.close()

    # connect to twitter
    TOKEN = ""
    TOKEN_KEY = ""
    CON_SEC = ""
    CON_SEC_KEY = ""

    my_auth = twitter.OAuth(TOKEN, TOKEN_KEY, CON_SEC, CON_SEC_KEY)
    twit = twitter.Twitter(auth=my_auth)

    # try to tweet if speedtest couldnt even connet. Probably wont work if the
    # internet is down
    if "Cannot" in a:
        try:
            tweet = "Hey @Comcast @ComcastCares why is my internet down? I pay for 150down\\10up in Washington DC? #comcastoutage #comcast"
            twit.statuses.update(status=tweet)
        except:
            pass

    # tweet if down speed is less than whatever I set
    elif eval(d) < 50:
        print "trying to tweet"
        try:
            # i know there must be a better way than to do (str(int(eval())))
            tweet = "Hey @Comcast why is my internet speed " + str(int(eval(d))) + "down\\" + str(int(eval(
                u))) + "up when I pay for 150down\\10up in Washington DC? @ComcastCares @xfinity #comcast #speedtest"
            twit.statuses.update(status=tweet)
        except Exception, e:
            print str(e)
            pass
    return

if __name__ == '__main__':
    test()
    print 'completed'