def main():
client = DiscourseClient(discourse_powered_site,
api_username=API_USERNAME,
api_key=API_KEY)
user = client.user(API_USERNAME)
notification_count = int(user.get('notification_count'))
print notification_count
if path.isfile(file_path):
# open the existing file and update the value if it has changed
with open(file_path, 'r+') as notification_file:
previous_count = int(notification_file.read().strip())
print "Previous count: %d" % previous_count
if notification_count > previous_count:
notification_file.seek(0)
notification_file.write(str(notification_count))
notification_file.truncate()
new_notification = notification_count - previous_count
# send system notification
system("notify-send -t 0 'FSFTN Discussion' \
'You have %d new notification\n<a href='http://discuss.fsftn.org'>View discussions</a>" % new_notification)
else:
# create the file for the first time
with open(file_path, 'w') as notification_file:
notification_file.write(str(notification_count))