Contribution collector

import time
import requests
from sys import stderr

blogId = 65227
urlBase = 'https://c...content-available-to-author-only...s.com/api/'
request = 'blogEntry.view'


def get():
    response = requests.get(urlBase + request, params={"blogEntryId": blogId})
    if response.status_code == 200:
        return response.json()['result']
    else:
        return None

if __name__ == '__main__':
    while True:
        data = get()
        if data is not None:
            logFile = open('rating.log', 'a')
            msg = time.strftime('%H:%M:%S', time.gmtime()) + ': ' + str(data['rating']) + '\n'
            logFile.write(msg)
            stderr.write(msg)
            logFile.close()
        time.sleep(60)