The Result Alarm

Ever got tensed or wondered when the heck is result gonna come out ? Well , I am currently studying in Mumbai University and I am never sure when the results come out , actually MU(Mumbai University) prefers to launch the results at the unexpected time of the day , when no one in the world would dare to think .

So , as one of the nerd/lazy student of my college , I got a very stupid yet interesting idea(well , i believe that laziness is something that helps  for mental improvement), why not write a script to check for the results ? And as stupid it might sound , its incredibly simple if you use some language like Python . So here's what I did :
Generally , result links are dynamic , but the webpage to that link are static and are updated when they launch the results , so considering this -  I made a simple python script that would sound a alarm on my laptop and email me when the results are out .

So , here's the code , the code is pretty self explanatory (with the comments)

import urllib2 # used for getting the exam result url
import re # Regular expressions , used for comparing the last updated date with the current updated date
import time # for sleeping
import smtplib # for sending emailsm
from pygame import mixer # used for playing sounds 
from email.mime.text import MIMEText # for composing the email to send 


resultUrl='http://mu.ac.in/res_be7r.html' # the url address where the results are expected to be updated 
while (1==1): # while true , infinite loop :)
  f=urllib2.urlopen(resultUrl) # request the url
  metaInfo=f.info(); # get webpage info , specifically last update info 
  match=re.search('Last-Modified: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:14:03 GMT',str(metaInfo)) # compare with last modified info ( as per you last webpage visit 
  if(match==None): # ie , the result webpage has been updated (TENSED .... :( :( )
    mixer.init() #you must initialize the mixer
    alert=mixer.Sound('/home/tapan/COWBELL.WAV') # initialize the sound to be played as alarm
    fromaddr = 'tapan.genius@gmail.com'   # from addr  
    toaddrs  = 'tapan.terna@gmail.com'  # to addr
    msg = MIMEText('The results seem to be updated , please check!!')
    msg['Subject']='RESULTS!!!!!'
    # Credentials (if needed)  
    username = 'tapan.genius@gmail.com'  # email id from which the email should be sent 
    password = '***********' # you password 
  
    # The actual mail send  
    server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')  
    server.starttls()  
    server.login(username,password)  
    server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg.as_string()) 
    server.sendmail(fromaddr,'aankitt.jain@yahoo.com', msg.as_string()) 
    server.quit() 
    while (1==1):
      alert.play()
      time.sleep(1)
  print('results are not yet out')
  time.sleep(120) # wait for 2 mins and check again . 

Ps : I am drunk right now , so please forgive my typing/grammatical mistakes (Actually results came and and i FAILED :( )