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A quick python script using Sickbeard api to get what TV has downloaded today and format for mqttwarn (for mqtt message/topic). I run this via cron at 7pm (when i sit down for the night, hopefully!) and i can quickly see what to watch. If you are very clever you could have this delivered to your phone when you turn your TV on at night. (aka open…
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import json
import urllib2
import time
import datetime
import paho.mqtt.publish as publish
# Show's the last 10 episodes that have been downloaded using sickbeard recently
# working example; http://localhost:9002/api/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/?cmd=history&limit=10&type=downloaded
# Edit Settings
ip = "192.168.4.22:8081"
api = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
cmd = "history&limit=10&type=downloaded"
#mqtt broker settings
hostname = "127.0.0.1"
topic = "/house/messages"
#End Settings
# make url
sb = "http://%s/api/%s/?cmd=%s" % (ip, api, cmd)
response = urllib2.urlopen(sb)
jsonResponse = json.loads(response.read())
jsonData = jsonResponse["data"]
listofshows = ""
for item in jsonData:
show_name = item.get("show_name")
date_object = datetime.datetime.strptime(item.get("date"), '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
if date_object.timetuple().tm_mday == datetime.date.today().day:
#print("%s" % (show_name))
listofshows = show_name + "\n" + listofshows #add one per line
print(listofshows)
#format for mqttwarn message delivery
msgjson = json.dumps(dict(
lvl = "4",
sub = "NEW TV to Catch up on tonight",
txt = listofshows[:-1].encode('utf8'),
delay = "20000",
img = "info.png",
url = "http://" + ip
))
#print("JSON msg: %s" % (msgjson))
publish.single(topic, msgjson, hostname=hostname)
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I have removed the code for the other scenes as it was a bit too much.

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matbor commented Feb 11, 2015

mqttwarn.ini settings;

[messages]
topic = /house/messages
targets = log:debug,pushover:message
title = {sub}
format = {txt}

also compatible with my mqtt2chrome notifications popups with this setup.

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BTW - the wife loves this new 'feature'. Every time she fires up XBMC she gets the little notification listing the shows are have downloaded. Cheers!

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