sendIP.py

import subprocess
#import urllib
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError
import time
import json

kHerokuUrl = "http://lit-castle-67838.herokuapp.com"
delayTime = 5

#check connection
while True:
    try:
        req = urlopen(kHerokuUrl, timeout=10)
        break
    except (HTTPError, URLError) as e:
        print("wtf")
        time.sleep(delayTime)

#get ifconfig
proc = subprocess.Popen(["ifconfig"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
(out, err) = proc.communicate()

local_time = time.asctime( time.localtime(time.time()) ) + '\n'
buf = out+bytes(local_time, 'utf-8')

#send output of ifconfig + localtime
data = {'data':buf}
sdata = bytes( urlencode(data).encode())
req = Request(kHerokuUrl + "/user/jen6", data=sdata)
resp = urlopen(req)