import string
import smtplib
import urllib2
# configure ur threshold rate, smtp server here
# threshold rate for CAD --> USD noon rate
thresholdRate=1.10
smtpServer='test-smtp-server'
fromaddr='foo@bar.com'
toaddrs='you@corp.com'
# end of configuration
url='http://www.bankofcanada.ca/stats/assets/csv/fx-seven-day.csv'
f=urllib2.urlopen(url,timeout=60)
# read all in for efficency as it is a small file anyways.
data=f.read()
start=data.find('U.S. dollar (close)')
rate=string.strip(data[start:].split('\n')[0].split(',')[-1])
if float(rate) > thresholdRate:
#send email
msg = ('Subject: Bank of Canada Noon Foreign Exchange Rates %s for 1 USD ' % rate)
server = smtplib.SMTP(smtpServer)
#server.set_debuglevel(1)
server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg)
server.quit()
f.close()
Diff to Previous Revision
--- revision 10 2011-12-09 07:31:17
+++ revision 11 2011-12-09 07:32:23
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
url='http://www.bankofcanada.ca/stats/assets/csv/fx-seven-day.csv'
f=urllib2.urlopen(url,timeout=60)
+# read all in for efficency as it is a small file anyways.
data=f.read()
start=data.find('U.S. dollar (close)')
rate=string.strip(data[start:].split('\n')[0].split(',')[-1])
