def main():
'''get the snack menu, construct SMS message, call send method'''
snack_url = 'http://specials.cafebonappetit.com/baXML.asp?cafeid=228'
opened_url = urllib2.urlopen(snack_url)
snack_xml = opened_url.read()
the_tree = etree.fromstring(snack_xml)
the_snack = the_tree.findall(".//txtTitle")
the_snack_text = ""
if the_snack:
the_snack_element = the_snack[0]
if hasattr(the_snack_element, 'text'):
the_snack_text = the_snack_element.text
if not the_snack_text:
the_message = "No snack tonight. Sorry :("
else:
the_message = """Tonight's snack: %s. Tell your friends:
http://bit.ly/cmcsnack. Unsub: reply 'u' to this number""" % the_snack_text
# send the message
twilio_message = TwilioMessage()
twilio_message.send_message_to_all_users(the_message)
