Check for new spoilers and send sms alert to subscribers

mtgsalvation.py

import urllib, time, os
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, check_call 
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup

subscribers = [
    '0922xxxxxxx',
    '0999xxxxxxx',
    '0917xxxxxxx',
    '0915xxxxxxx',
]

mtgsalvation = 'http://www.mtgsalvation.com/born-of-the-gods-spoiler.html'

def get_title():
    print 'retrieving info'
    req = urllib.urlopen(mtgsalvation)
    html = BeautifulSoup(req.read())
    return html.find(name="title").text

old_title = ''

while True:
    log_file = open("mtg.log", "r")
    old_title = log_file.read()
    new_title = get_title()
    if old_title != new_title:
        # send sms
        print "Sending to subscribers"
        for subscriber in subscribers:
            print "Sending msg to %s" % subscriber
            sms_msg = "Spoiler Alert %s %s\n" % (new_title.split(' ')[-1], mtgsalvation)
            proc = Popen(["gammu","sendsms","text",subscriber],
                             stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
            proc.stdin.write(sms_msg)
            proc.stdin.flush()
            stdout,stderr = proc.communicate()
            print sms_msg
            print stdout
            print stderr
            print "Message Sent"
            
        log_file.close()
        log_file = open("mtg.log", "w")
        log_file.write(new_title)
        log_file.close()
    else:
        print 'No Updates Found'
        
    time.sleep(10)

    

http://tensixtyone.com/howto-send-sms-using-a-huawei-e160g-and-debian

sudo apt-get install gammu

using Huawei Mobile WiFi E5220