Create twittertweeter-ads.py

twittertweeter-ads.py

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+#Send tweet when script is called
+
+import tweepy
+import datetime
+import json
+import urllib
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+# Retrieve data and load it into a dictionary
+data = urlopen('path/to/admin/api.php').read() #bytes
+body = data.decode('utf-8')
+data = json.loads(body)
+
+# Create tweet
+template_tweet = "\nAds Blocked: %s\nAds Percentage Today: %s\nDNS Queries Today: %s\nDomains Being Blocked: %s"
+data = template_tweet % (data['ads_blocked_today'],
+                          data['ads_percentage_today'],
+                          data['dns_queries_today'],
+                          data['domains_being_blocked']
+                         )
+
+def get_api(cfg):
+  auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(cfg['consumer_key'], cfg['consumer_secret'])
+  auth.set_access_token(cfg['access_token'], cfg['access_token_secret'])
+  return tweepy.API(auth)
+
+def main():
+  # Fill in the values noted in previous step here
+  cfg = { 
+    "consumer_key"        : "VALUE",
+    "consumer_secret"     : "VALUE",
+    "access_token"        : "VALUE",
+    "access_token_secret" : "VALUE" 
+    }
+
+  api = get_api(cfg)
+  tweet = datetime.datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d") + " Daily Pi-Hole report\n " + data
+  status = api.update_status(status=tweet) 
+  # Yes, tweet is called 'status' rather confusing
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  main()