Getting information from web page with Python

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aframe 1 Newbie Poster

14 Years Ago

I am trying (first python attempt) to pull information from a web page and store is for further use. Here is the code that opens the page and gets the information.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#python
from urllib import urlopen
myfile = urlopen('http://192.168.0.1/stlui/user/allowance_request.html%20target=%22allowance%22').read()
print myfile

The following is the output from print myfile.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" Content="60;url=/stlui/user/allowance_request.html">
<title>Download Allowance Status</title></head><body><h3 style="font-size: 150%; color:blue; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">DOWNLOAD ALLOWANCE STATUS</h3><TABLE width='100%' cellpadding='10'><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><h3>Usage within allowance - no download restrictions</h3></td><td><span style="display:block;text-align:center">100%</span><table style="font-size:1; background-color:white; border:1px solid black;" width='15%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align='center'><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr 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style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td> </td></tr></table><span style="display:block;text-align:center">0%</span></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><table style="font-size:18; border-width:0px;" width=90% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 ALIGN=CENTER><tr><td> </td><td style="border-width:0px;">Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td><span style="background-color: green;">   </span> </td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (%)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 100</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td style="border-width:0px;">Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 22:18:01</td></tr></table></td></tr></TABLE>
</body>
</html>
The information I want is at the bottom, "Plan Allowance (MB) 625 , Allowance Remaining (MB) 625, Allowance Reamining (%) 100 and Time Until Allowance Refill 22:18:01. The actual numbers for the four items will change. I need the to run every 60 seconds. Thanks for any and all help. ie code, example python script etc..
Frank

python

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Latest Post 14 Years Ago Latest Post by Tech B

d5e5 109 Master Poster

14 Years Ago

Yes, this site was down part of yesterday afternoon. Since this thread hasn't been marked solved yet, here's one more approach:

#!/usr/bin/env python
from HTMLParser import HTMLParser

class MyHTMLParser(HTMLParser):
    labels = []
    values = []
    save_next = False
    def handle_data(self, *args):
        s, = args
        if MyHTMLParser.save_next:
            MyHTMLParser.values.append(s)
            MyHTMLParser.save_next = False

        if str(args).find("Allowance") > 0:
            MyHTMLParser.labels.append(s)
            MyHTMLParser.save_next = True

#Assign web page contents to htmlstring (Snipped from post to save space)        
htmlstring = """<Please paste webpage content here>"""

h = MyHTMLParser()
h.feed(htmlstring)
h.close()

for i in range(1, 5):
    print "%30s:%15s" % (h.labels[i], h.values[i])

TrustyTony 888 pyMod

14 Years Ago

Move the new line 7 to before def at same indention level. Take out other additions. Copy exactly cut and paste my earlier posted line before after line. It should come at same indention level as after line. Whole if statement is actually necessary only to me to run code except that code which depends on your web page. You can remove the if and indention if you like. The statement should not slow down the program noticably and let the program to continue in case of network problems, however, so maybe better to leave it.

PS 700th post to me, should become Master Poster.

Edited 14 Years Ago by TrustyTony because: n/a

aframe commented: very helpful +1

Beat_Slayer 17 Posting Pro in Training

14 Years Ago

If you replace the read from the url with the html code you gave, it works just fine.

Could it be something related to the talking with the server?

We can test it.

matchstr = urlopen('http://192.168.0.1/stlui/user/allowance_request.html%20target=%22allowance%22').read()

matchstr = '''
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" Content="60;url=/stlui/user/allowance_request.html">
<title>Download Allowance Status</title></head><body><h3 style="font-size: 150%; color:blue; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">DOWNLOAD ALLOWANCE STATUS</h3><TABLE width='100%' cellpadding='10'><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><h3>Usage within allowance - no download restrictions</h3></td><td><span style="display:block;text-align:center">100%</span><table style="font-size:1; background-color:white; border:1px solid black;" width='15%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align='center'><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr 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style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><span style="display:block;text-align:center">0%</span></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><table style="font-size:18; border-width:0px;" width=90% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 ALIGN=CENTER><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td><span style="background-color: green;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (%)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 100</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 22:18:01</td></tr></table></td></tr></TABLE>
</body>
</html>
'''

Tech B 48 Posting Whiz in Training

14 Years Ago

numberString = "1234"
n = int(numberString)

or for floats/decimals

numberString = "123.4"
n = float(numberString)

and the reverse

n = 123
numberString = str(n)

aframe commented: correctly answered my question +1

TrustyTony 888 pyMod

14 Years Ago

Here is my version of the info capture by using the between function inspired by my original suggestion and which I posted as code snippet, MB values converted to int:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import time
import os
myfile = """<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" Content="60;url=/stlui/user/allowance_request.html">
<title>Download Allowance Status</title></head><body><h3 style="font-size: 150%; color:blue; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">DOWNLOAD ALLOWANCE STATUS</h3><TABLE width='100%' cellpadding='10'><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><h3>Usage within allowance - no download restrictions</h3></td><td><span style="display:block;text-align:center">100%</span><table style="font-size:1; background-color:white; border:1px solid black;" width='15%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align='center'><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr 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style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><span style="display:block;text-align:center">0%</span></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><table style="font-size:18; border-width:0px;" width=90% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 ALIGN=CENTER><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td><span style="background-color: green;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (%)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 100</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 22:18:01</td></tr></table></td></tr></TABLE>
</body>
</html>"""
def between(left,right,s):
    before,_,a = s.partition(left)
    a,_,after = a.partition(right)
    return before,a,after

s = myfile

#The string your looking for; always up to but not including the term your trying
#find.
planAllow = """Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> """
allowRemain = """Allowance Remaining (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""
percentRemain = """Allowance Remaining (%)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""
refillTime = """Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""

#slice out the value your looking for using the index function
_,planAllowance,_ = between(planAllow,'</td>',s)
_,allowanceRemain,_ = between(allowRemain,'</td>',s)
_,percentRemaining,_ =  between(percentRemain,'</td>',s)
_,timeTorefill,_ =  between(refillTime,'</td>',s)

planAllowance,allowanceRemain = int(planAllowance),int(allowanceRemain)

print "Plan Allowance (MB):        ", planAllowance
print "Allowance Remaining (MB):  " , allowanceRemain
print "Percentage Remaining:      " + percentRemaining+"%"
print "Time Untill Refill :       " + timeTorefill

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Tech B 48 Posting Whiz in Training · Answer 1 · 2010-06-09T00:05:18+00:00

Tech B 48 Posting Whiz in Training

14 Years Ago

I think what you need is the re module.

d5e5 109 Master Poster · Answer 2 · 2010-06-09T02:40:38+00:00

Kodos The Python Regex Debugger suggests the following ways to find Plan Allowance value.

#!/usr/bin/env python
import re
rawstr = r"""Plan Allowance \(MB\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Plan_Allowance>\d+)\D"""
embedded_rawstr = r"""Plan Allowance \(MB\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Plan_Allowance>\d+)\D"""
matchstr = """<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" Content="60;url=/stlui/user/allowance_request.html">
<title>Download Allowance Status</title></head><body><h3 style="font-size: 150%; color:blue; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">DOWNLOAD ALLOWANCE STATUS</h3><TABLE width='100%' cellpadding='10'><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><h3>Usage within allowance - no download restrictions</h3></td><td><span style="display:block;text-align:center">100%</span><table style="font-size:1; background-color:white; border:1px solid black;" width='15%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align='center'><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><span style="display:block;text-align:center">0%</span></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><table style="font-size:18; border-width:0px;" width=90% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 ALIGN=CENTER><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td><span style="background-color: green;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (%)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 100</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 22:18:01</td></tr></table></td></tr></TABLE>
</body>
</html>"""

# method 1: using a compile object
compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)

# method 2: using search function (w/ external flags)
match_obj = re.search(rawstr, matchstr)

# method 3: using search function (w/ embedded flags)
match_obj = re.search(embedded_rawstr, matchstr)

# Retrieve group(s) from match_obj
all_groups = match_obj.groups()

# Retrieve group(s) by index
group_1 = match_obj.group(1)

# Retrieve group(s) by name
Plan_Allowance = match_obj.group('Plan_Allowance')

print "Plan Allowance is: " + Plan_Allowance

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 3 · 2010-06-09T03:53:51+00:00

Thanks. This will certainly keep me busy for a few days trying to digest what the code is doing.
Thanks again for your time.
Frank

Tech B 48 Posting Whiz in Training · Answer 4 · 2010-06-09T05:17:46+00:00

You could also use the built functions.

#This would be the html page, but its too much for a simple example
s = """This is the html page your going to look through to find
numbers like Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td>"""

#The string your looking for; always up to but not including the term your trying
#find.
planAllow = """Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> """

#slice out the value your looking for using the index function
value = s[s.index(planAllow)+len(planAllow):s.index(planAllow)+len(planAllow)+3]

Adding the length to the index will leave out the constant text, I.E. the text that never changes like html tags.

Adding the 3 at the end of the second index will add the three characters after the constant text giving us a slice of the value only. Assuming its a three digit number.

I would add a larger number like 4 or 5 and strip off the trailing tags from the number to ensure I get the entire value.

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 5 · 2010-06-09T07:37:07+00:00

You could also use the built functions.

Hey all right. This did the job and it was simple enough that even this South Texas "hick" could understand it.
Thanks
Frank

Tech B 48 Posting Whiz in Training · Answer 6 · 2010-06-09T08:16:30+00:00

Don't feel like a hick. I was born and raised in the redneck hills of WV. I've done IR tracking, face recognition, and developed a hat that quadriplegics can put on to use a computer; based on an accelerometer.

It doesn't depend on location; just how hard you work and willing to learn.

Anyway, sorry about the ramblings lol.

Mensa180 0 Light Poster · Answer 7 · 2010-06-09T13:47:17+00:00

Seconded about not feeling like a Hick. In Hendersonville, TN here.

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 8 · 2010-06-10T04:00:17+00:00

Don't feel like a hick. I was born and raised in the redneck hills of WV. I've done IR tracking, face recognition, and developed a hat that quadriplegics can put on to use a computer; based on an accelerometer.
It doesn't depend on location; just how hard you work and willing to learn.
Anyway, sorry about the ramblings lol.

Hope I didn't offend anyone with my comment. It was totally directed towards myself. Any way here is the code I have come up with to this point. I am sure it can be improved.I someone cares to offer suggestions it would be great. I have yet to figure out how to strip the trailing tags.
Thanks for your time and help.

#!/usr/bin/env python
import time
import os
from urllib import urlopen
while True:
    print " " 
    print "Updating Plan Status........" 
    time.sleep(60)
    os.system("clear")
    myfile = urlopen('http://192.168.0.1/stlui/user/allowance_request.html%20target=%22allowance%22').read()
    s = myfile

    #The string your looking for; always up to but not including the term your trying
    #find.
    planAllow = """Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> """
    allowRemain = """Allowance Remaining (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""
    percentRemain = """Allowance Remaining (%)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""
    refillTime = """Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""

    #slice out the value your looking for using the index function
    planAllowance = s[s.index(planAllow)+len(planAllow):s.index(planAllow)+len(planAllow)+4]
    allowanceRemain = s[s.index(allowRemain)+len(allowRemain):s.index(allowRemain)+len(allowRemain)+5]
    percentRemaining = s[s.index(percentRemain)+len(percentRemain):s.index(percentRemain)+len(percentRemain)+4]
    timeTorefill = s[s.index(refillTime)+len(refillTime):s.index(refillTime)+len(refillTime)+10]

    print "Plan Allowance (MB):        " + planAllowance
    print "Allowance Remaining (MB):  " + allowanceRemain
    print "Percentage Remaining:      " + percentRemaining+"%"
    print "Time Untill Refill :       " + timeTorefill

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 9 · 2010-06-10T21:44:38+00:00

rawstr = r"""Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Refill_Time>\d+)\D"""

I have the above line that is searching for a time (10:00:05) in a document. The above line returns only "10" What do I need to change so it will return the complete time from the file? ie 10:00:05
Thanks
Frank

TrustyTony 888 pyMod Team Colleague Featured Poster · Answer 10 · 2010-06-11T00:00:00+00:00

I do not know re so well, but I prefer partition for this kind of things. I use _ as variable name for the things I do not care about:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import time
import os
myfile = """<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" Content="60;url=/stlui/user/allowance_request.html">
<title>Download Allowance Status</title></head><body><h3 style="font-size: 150%; color:blue; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">DOWNLOAD ALLOWANCE STATUS</h3><TABLE width='100%' cellpadding='10'><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><h3>Usage within allowance - no download restrictions</h3></td><td><span style="display:block;text-align:center">100%</span><table style="font-size:1; background-color:white; border:1px solid black;" width='15%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align='center'><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="background-color:green"><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><span style="display:block;text-align:center">0%</span></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><table style="font-size:18; border-width:0px;" width=90% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 ALIGN=CENTER><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 625</td></tr><tr><td><span style="background-color: green;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Allowance Remaining (%)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 100</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="border-width:0px;">Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> 22:18:01</td></tr></table></td></tr></TABLE>
</body>
</html>"""
s = myfile

#The string your looking for; always up to but not including the term your trying
#find.
planAllow = """Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> """
allowRemain = """Allowance Remaining (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""
percentRemain = """Allowance Remaining (%)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""
refillTime = """Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""

#slice out the value your looking for using the index function
_,_,planAllowance = s.partition(planAllow)
planAllowance,_,_ = planAllowance.partition('</td>')
_,_,allowanceRemain = s.partition(allowRemain)
allowanceRemain,_,_  = allowanceRemain.partition('</td>')
_,_,percentRemaining = s.partition(percentRemain)
percentRemaining,_,_  = percentRemaining.partition('</td>')
_,_,timeTorefill = s.partition(refillTime)
timeTorefill,_,_  = timeTorefill.partition('</td>')

print "Plan Allowance (MB):        " + planAllowance
print "Allowance Remaining (MB):  " + allowanceRemain
print "Percentage Remaining:      " + percentRemaining+"%"
print "Time Untill Refill :       " + timeTorefill

d5e5 109 Master Poster · Answer 11 · 2010-06-11T01:59:02+00:00

If you stick with the regular expressions approach, the following should return the full time (hh:mm:ss).

rawstr = r"""Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Refill_Time>\d+:\d+:\d+)\D"""

In regular expressions \d+ means "one or more consecutive digits", so \d+:\d+:\d+)\D means "one or more consecutive digits followed by a colon followed by ... etc." and the \D represents any character that is not a digit. Only the portion matched by the pattern between the parentheses belongs to the group which gives you the data you want (hopefully).

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 12 · 2010-06-11T02:56:06+00:00

d5e5 and tonyjv,
Thanks to both of you.Was working on two different scripts and neither one would work correctly. Now both of them work. Life is good.
If I wasn't almost 70 years old I would certainly go back to school and start over.:)
Frank

Tech B 48 Posting Whiz in Training · Answer 13 · 2010-06-11T11:10:56+00:00

There was no offense taken lol. When I tell people where I'm from, their usually shocked that I'm smart enough to write code lol.

Anyway:
Seems like the problem has been solved.
I would have submitted this eairler; but this site had some down time. Anyone else notice this?

I added some comments at the top; good idea to keep it documented, even on personal projects.

I used strip to get rid of the trailing '<'.
That works as long as its always a three digit number your looking for.

You could replace it with a for loop:

planAllowance = ''
for i in pA:
 if i == '<':
    break
 else:
   planAlloance += i

Where pA is the data you sliced out.

Complete code w/out for loop:

#Plan stat update
#Written: aframe
#Date: 
#Version:


#!/usr/bin/env python
import time
import os
from urllib import urlopen
while True:
    print " " 
    print "Updating Plan Status........" 
    time.sleep(60)
    os.system("clear")
    
    myfile = open('t.html','r').read()#Change back to url address like you had before

    s = myfile

    #The string your looking for; always up to but not including the term your trying
    #find.
    planAllow = """Plan Allowance (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;"> """
    allowRemain = """Allowance Remaining (MB)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""
    percentRemain = """Allowance Remaining (%)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""
    refillTime = """Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;">"""

    #slice out the value your looking for using the index function
    planAllowance = s[s.index(planAllow)+len(planAllow):s.index(planAllow)+len(planAllow)+4]
    allowanceRemain = s[s.index(allowRemain)+len(allowRemain):s.index(allowRemain)+len(allowRemain)+5]
    percentRemaining = s[s.index(percentRemain)+len(percentRemain):s.index(percentRemain)+len(percentRemain)+4]
    timeTorefill = s[s.index(refillTime)+len(refillTime):s.index(refillTime)+len(refillTime)+10]

    print "Plan Allowance (MB):        " + planAllowance.strip('<')
    print "Allowance Remaining (MB):  " + allowanceRemain.strip('<')
    print "Percentage Remaining:      " + percentRemaining+"%"
    print "Time Untill Refill :       " + timeTorefill.strip('<')
    #break /*used for testing

hellboundhackers.org offer programming challenges that deal with webpages and parsing for data. That's where I learned most of the online programming I know.

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 14 · 2010-06-14T05:32:42+00:00

This is the code I finally came up with, thanks everyone for your help. This runs and outputs to a Tkinter window. The problem I am having now is with the while loop with sleep 60. It freezes the Tkinter window and I cannot do anythig with it while it is in sleep. Is there an alternate or better way to do the loop so it doen not freeze everything?
Frank

#!/usr/bin/env python
#HnFapMeter
#written: Frank
#Date: 06/10/2010
#Version 1.0.0

from Tkinter import *
import time
import os
import re
from urllib import urlopen
#######Build a Tkinter window
root = Tk()
listbox = Listbox(root, bg = 'green')
listbox.pack()
label = Label(root, text = 'HnFapMeter')
label.pack()
##################Create a loop to update information every minute
while True:
    time.sleep(60)
################## Get information from Modem
    #
    matchstr = urlopen('http://192.168.0.1/stlui/user/allowance_request.html%20target=%22allowance%22').read()
    ##################Get Total MB for Plan
    #
    rawstr = r"""Plan Allowance \(MB\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Plan_Allowance>\d+)\D"""
    # method 1: using a compile object
    compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
    match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
    # Retrieve group(s) from match_obj
    all_groups = match_obj.groups()
    # Retrieve group(s) by name
    Plan_Allowance = match_obj.group('Plan_Allowance')
    #
    ###############Get MB remaining Information 
    #
    rawstr = r"""Allowance Remaining \(MB\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Allowance_Remaining>\d+)\D"""
    # method 1: using a compile object
    compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
    match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
    # Retrieve group(s) from match_obj
    all_groups = match_obj.groups()
    # Retrieve group(s) by name
    Allowance_Remaining = match_obj.group('Allowance_Remaining')
    #
    ################Get Percentage remaining information
    #
    rawstr = r"""Allowance Remaining \(%\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Percentage_Remaining>\d+)\D"""
    # method 1: using a compile object
    compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
    match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
    # Retrieve group(s) from match_obj
    all_groups = match_obj.groups()
    # Retrieve group(s) by name
    Percentage_Remaining = match_obj.group('Percentage_Remaining')
    #
    ################Get Time untill bucket refills
    #
    rawstr = r"""Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Refill_Time>\d+:\d+:\d+)\D"""
    # method 1: using a compile object
    compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
    match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
    # Retrieve group(s) from match_obj
    all_groups = match_obj.groups()
    # Retrieve group(s) by name
    Refill_Time = match_obj.group('Refill_Time')
    #########################################################################
    #print "Plan Allowance is:       " + Plan_Allowance+"(MB)"
    #print "Allowance Remaining is:  " + Allowance_Remaining+"(MB)"
    #print "Percentage Remaining is: " + Percentage_Remaining+"%"
    #print "Time Untill Refill is    " +  Refill_Time
    #########################################################################
    #
    ################# Insert information into the Tkinter Window 
    
    root.title(Allowance_Remaining+' (MB) Remaining')
    listbox.delete(0, END)
    listbox.insert(END, Plan_Allowance+' MB Allowed')
    listbox.insert(END, Allowance_Remaining+ ' MB Remaining')
    listbox.insert(END, Percentage_Remaining+' % Remaining')
    listbox.insert(END, Refill_Time+' Untill Refill')
    #
    root.update()

d5e5 109 Master Poster · Answer 15 · 2010-06-14T21:32:01+00:00

I haven't figured out how to do this yet but the solution may involve something called Fork, which is a way of starting up a copy of your program that knows that it is a copy (i.e. not the parent) and can do something independently and somehow communicate back to the parent that the task has been accomplished. It couldn't hurt to read this short python fork example

TrustyTony 888 pyMod Team Colleague Featured Poster · Answer 16 · 2010-06-15T00:50:55+00:00

Nice to see you doing progress.

By the way, did you see my function for picking up piece between separators, which I posted reacently?

I would use after in label you have and root.mainloop():

#!/usr/bin/env python
#HnFapMeter
#written: Frank
#Date: 06/10/2010
#Version 1.0.0

from Tkinter import *
import time
import os
import re
from urllib import urlopen

def action(n=0):
    print n, ## debug
    matchstr = urlopen('http://192.168.0.1/stlui/user/allowance_request.html%20target=%22allowance%22').read()
    ## This drawing of boxes style is not recommended !!! Use shorter comments, empty lines

    ##################Get Total MB for Plan
    #
    if 'Allowance' in matchstr:
        rawstr = r"""Plan Allowance \(MB\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Plan_Allowance>\d+)\D"""
        # method 1: using a compile object
        compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
        match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
        # Retrieve group(s) from match_obj
        all_groups = match_obj.groups()
        # Retrieve group(s) by name
        Plan_Allowance = match_obj.group('Plan_Allowance')
        #
        ###############Get MB remaining Information 
        #
        rawstr = r"""Allowance Remaining \(MB\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Allowance_Remaining>\d+)\D"""
        # method 1: using a compile object
        compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
        match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
        # Retrieve group(s) from match_obj
        all_groups = match_obj.groups()
        # Retrieve group(s) by name
        Allowance_Remaining = match_obj.group('Allowance_Remaining')
        #
        ################Get Percentage remaining information
        #
        rawstr = r"""Allowance Remaining \(%\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Percentage_Remaining>\d+)\D"""
        # method 1: using a compile object
        compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
        match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
        # Retrieve group(s) from match_obj
        all_groups = match_obj.groups()
        # Retrieve group(s) by name
        Percentage_Remaining = match_obj.group('Percentage_Remaining')
        #
        ################Get Time untill bucket refills
        #
        rawstr = r"""Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Refill_Time>\d+:\d+:\d+)\D"""
        # method 1: using a compile object
        compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
        match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
        # Retrieve group(s) from match_obj
        all_groups = match_obj.groups()
        # Retrieve group(s) by name
        Refill_Time = match_obj.group('Refill_Time')
    
        root.title(Allowance_Remaining+' (MB) Remaining')
        listbox.delete(0, END)
        listbox.insert(END, Plan_Allowance+' MB Allowed')
        listbox.insert(END, Allowance_Remaining+ ' MB Remaining')
        listbox.insert(END, Percentage_Remaining+' % Remaining')
        listbox.insert(END, Refill_Time+' Untill Refill')

    label.after(6000,action,n+1) ## next loop
        

#######Build a Tkinter window
root = Tk()
listbox = Listbox(root, bg = 'green')
listbox.pack()
label = Label(root, text = 'HnFapMeter')
label.pack()
action()
##################Create a loop to update information every minute
##while True:                ### Change ot  root.mainloop() That is your main loop
##    time.sleep(60)

root.mainloop()

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 17 · 2010-06-15T22:27:29+00:00

Nice to see you doing progress.
By the way, did you see my function for picking up piece between separators, which I posted reacently?
I would use after in label you have and root.mainloop():

Wow! This works great!! Thanks.
How hard would it be to change the background color from green to red based on MB remaining in Allowance_Remaining?
Thanks for everyone's help.
Frank

TrustyTony 888 pyMod Team Colleague Featured Poster · Answer 18 · 2010-06-15T23:35:12+00:00

Define global warning limit allowance_limit Add this before label.after(..

listbox.config(bg = 'green' if Allowance_Remaining > allowance_limit else 'red')
    listbox.update()

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 19 · 2010-06-16T17:34:19+00:00

Define global warning limit allowance_limit Add this before label.after(..
listbox.config(bg = 'green' if Allowance_Remaining > allowance_limit else 'red')
    listbox.update()

This is working to a point. Here is how I added your suggestion to the code. I must have it wrong as it will not read the variable Allowance_Remaining inside the if/else in listbox.config. If I plug in a real number instead of the variable it works correctly. The print Allowance_Remaining just before lable.after(... still is correct. Sorry to be such a bother, but my google is wore out. ;)

listbox.insert(END, Allowance_Remaining+ ' MB Remaining')
        listbox.insert(END, Percentage_Remaining+' % Remaining')
        listbox.insert(END, Refill_Time+' Untill Refill')

        ##added to check limit  
        global allowance_limit 
        allowance_limit = 500
        listbox.config(bg = 'green' if 552 > allowance_limit else 'red')
        listbox.update()
        print Allowance_Remaining
    label.after(30000,action,n+1) ## next loop
        

#######Build a Tkinter window
root = Tk()
root.geometry("200x100+650+550")

listbox = Listbox(root, bg = 'green')
listbox.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1)
label = Label(root, text = 'HnUsageMeter')
label.pack()
action()

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 20 · 2010-06-16T19:47:35+00:00

Move the new line 7 to before def at same indention level. Take out other additions. Copy exactly cut and paste my earlier posted line before after line. It should come at same indention level as after line. Whole if statement is actually necessary only to me to run code except that code which depends on your web page. You can remove the if and indention if you like. The statement should not slow down the program noticably and let the program to continue in case of network problems, however, so maybe better to leave it.
PS 700th post to me, should become Master Poster.

Congratulation Mr. Master Poster!!
You have been a great help to me in try to learn something new.

I still cannot make it work. Here is the entire code again. What am I doing wrong? I works correctly with an actual number inserted in the if statement but will not use the variable Allowance_Remaining.

#!/usr/bin/env python
#HnFapMeter
#written: Frank
#Date: 06/10/2010
#Version 0.0.1b

from Tkinter import *
import time
import os
import re
from urllib import urlopen
allowance_limit = 700
def action(n=0):
    print n, ## debug
    matchstr = urlopen('http://192.168.0.1/stlui/user/allowance_request.html%20target=%22allowance%22').read()

    ##Get Total MB for Plan
    if 'Allowance' in matchstr:
        rawstr = r"""Plan Allowance \(MB\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Plan_Allowance>\d+)\D"""
        compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
        match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
        all_groups = match_obj.groups()
        Plan_Allowance = match_obj.group('Plan_Allowance')

        ##Get MB remaining Information
        rawstr = r"""Allowance Remaining \(MB\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Allowance_Remaining>\d+)\D"""
        compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
        match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
        all_groups = match_obj.groups()
        Allowance_Remaining = match_obj.group('Allowance_Remaining')
 
        ##Get Percentage remaining information
        rawstr = r"""Allowance Remaining \(%\)</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Percentage_Remaining>\d+)\D"""
        compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
        match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
        all_groups = match_obj.groups()
        Percentage_Remaining = match_obj.group('Percentage_Remaining')

        ##Time untill bucket refills
        rawstr = r"""Time Until Allowance Refill</td><td style="border-width:0px;">\s*(?P<Refill_Time>\d+:\d+:\d+)\D"""
        compile_obj = re.compile(rawstr)
        match_obj = compile_obj.search(matchstr)
        all_groups = match_obj.groups()
        Refill_Time = match_obj.group('Refill_Time')

        ## Insert information in listbox     
        root.title(Allowance_Remaining+' (MB) Remaining')
        listbox.delete(0, END)
        listbox.insert(END, Plan_Allowance+' MB Allowed')
        listbox.insert(END, Allowance_Remaining+ ' MB Remaining')
        listbox.insert(END, Percentage_Remaining+' % Remaining')
        listbox.insert(END, Refill_Time+' Untill Refill')
    listbox.config(bg = 'green' if Allowance_Remaining > allowance_limit else 'red')
    listbox.update()
    label.after(50000,action,n+1) ## next loop
        

#######Build a Tkinter window
root = Tk()
root.geometry("200x100+650+550")
listbox = Listbox(root, bg = 'green')
listbox.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1)
label = Label(root, text = 'HnUsageMeter')
label.pack()
action()

root.mainloop()

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 21 · 2010-06-16T23:08:21+00:00

If you replace the read from the url with the html code you gave, it works just fine.
Could it be something related to the talking with the server?
We can test it.

I believe you are correct. It seems that the variable Allowance_Remaining is not a number but a string containing '123'. How can I convert this from string to number? I hope my terms are correct. I am searching but so far have not come up with the code to do this.
Thanks
Frank

Beat_Slayer 17 Posting Pro in Training · Answer 22 · 2010-06-17T01:41:18+00:00

I'm not an expert on regex, but you can I think the regex is still right.

Maybe the constituion of the html has changed.

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 23 · 2010-06-17T02:40:35+00:00

numberString = "1234"
n = int(numberString)

or for floats/decimals

numberString = "123.4"
n = float(numberString)

and the reverse

n = 123
numberString = str(n)

Hey Thanks. Don't know why I could not find this on the internet with google. Guess I never figured out the correct search term. Been near 2 days looking for the one line of code. It did the trick and now all is working as wanted.
Frank

aframe 1 Newbie Poster · Answer 24 · 2010-06-17T02:43:29+00:00

I'm not an expert on regex, but you can I think the regex is still right.
Maybe the constituion of the html has changed.

Thanks for the help. got it working now by changing the variable to an int.
Frank