gistfile1.py

import sys
import tweepy
import time
import urllib2

def send_to_twitter(msg):
    CONSUMER_KEY = 'UvciBAguVW4UBYBkWeirKg'
    CONSUMER_SECRET = 'eCPMIB4sMUDTfTExohS5PyzlIKMFGpWprMbgINqhU'
    ACCESS_KEY =  '196057523-d2RNDmy3YE5b5v0L59EKfYGIOS31Q9iEdLNdyE1u'
    ACCESS_SECRET = 'Dvlg8M7HhS3DdJVjI13CBllFel1Ke9uhEv6VgbIoXg'

    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
    auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
    api = tweepy.API(auth)
    api.update_status(msg)

def get_price():
    page = urllib2.urlopen("http://beans.itcarlow.ie/prices-loyalty.html")
    text = page.read().decode("utf8")
    where = text.find('>$')
    start_of_price = where + 2
    end_of_price = start_of_price + 4
    return float(text[start_of_price:end_of_price])

price_now = raw_input("Do you want to see the price now (Y/N)? ")

print get_price()
if price_now == "Y":
    print get_price()
    send_to_twitter(get_price())
else:
    price = 99.99
    while price > 4.74:
        time.sleep(900)
        price = get_price()
    send_to_twitter("Buy!")