Code :

#!/usr/bin/python import os import sys import csv import datetime import time import twitter def test(): #run speedtest-cli print 'running test' a = os.popen("python /home/pi/speedtest/speedtest-cli --simple").read() print 'ran' #split the 3 line result (ping,down,up) lines = a.split('\n') print a ts = time.time() date =datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') #if speedtest could not connect set the speeds to 0 if "Cannot" in a: p = 100 d = 0 u = 0 #extract the values for ping down and up values else: p = lines[0][6:11] d = lines[1][10:14] u = lines[2][8:12] print date,p, d, u #save the data to file for local network plotting out_file = open('/var/www/assets/data.csv', 'a') writer = csv.writer(out_file) writer.writerow((ts*1000,p,d,u)) out_file.close() #connect to twitter TOKEN="" TOKEN_KEY="" CON_SEC="" CON_SEC_KEY="" my_auth = twitter.OAuth(TOKEN,TOKEN_KEY,CON_SEC,CON_SEC_KEY) twit = twitter.Twitter(auth=my_auth) #try to tweet if speedtest couldnt even connet. Probably wont work if the internet is down if "Cannot" in a: try: tweet="Hey @Comcast @ComcastCares why is my internet down? I pay for 150down\\10up in Washington DC? #comcastoutage #comcast" twit.statuses.update(status=tweet) except: pass # tweet if down speed is less than whatever I set elif eval(d)<50: print "trying to tweet" try: # i know there must be a better way than to do (str(int(eval()))) tweet="Hey @Comcast why is my internet speed " + str(int(eval(d))) + "down\\" + str(int(eval(u))) + "up when I pay for 150down\\10up in Washington DC? @ComcastCares @xfinity #comcast #speedtest" twit.statuses.update(status=tweet) except Exception,e: print str(e) pass return if __name__ == '__main__': test() print 'completed'