thingspeak_room_temp_loop.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import httplib, urllib
import os
import glob
import time

def doit():
 base_dir = '/sys/bus/w1/devices/'
 device_folder = glob.glob(base_dir + '28*')[0]
 device_file = device_folder + '/w1_slave'
 Params = urllib.urlencode({'field1': temp_c, 'key':'MY KEY'})
 Headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded","Accept": "text/plain"}
 conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("api.thingspeak.com:80")

 def read_temp_raw():
  f = open(device_file, 'r')
  lines = f.readlines()
  f.close()
  return lines

 def read_temp():
    lines = read_temp_raw()
    while lines[0].strip()[-3:] != 'YES':
        time.sleep(0.2)
        lines = read_temp_raw()
    equals_pos = lines[1].find('t=')
    if equals_pos != -1:
        temp_string = lines[1][equals_pos+2:]
        temp_c = float(temp_string) / 1000.0
        temp_f = temp_c * 9.0 / 5.0 + 32.0
        return temp_c, temp_f

 try:
    conn.request("POST", "/update", params, headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    print temp_c
    data = response.read()
    temp_c = read_temp()
    conn.close()
 except:
    print "connection failed"


#sleep for 16 seconds (api limit of 15 secs)
if __name__ == "__main__":
    while True:
        doit()
        time.sleep(16)