every-10-minutes-check.py

import requests, pprint, time, random, datetime
check_url = 'http://something'
notify_url = 'http://something'
#pprint.pprint(r.text)
while True:
        print(datetime.datetime.now())
        r = requests.get(check_url)
        print("Status: %s" % r.status_code)
        if 'fantastic' in r.text:
                r2 = requests.post(notify_url)
                print ("found")
        minutes = (10 + random.random() * 5)
        seconds = minutes * 60
        print("sleeping %s minutes (%s seconds)" % (minutes, seconds))
        time.sleep(seconds)