import time

import urllib

cheerlightsUrl = "http://api.thingspeak.com/channels/1417/field/1/last.txt"

colourMap = {"red":"200",

"orange":"210"}

while True:

try: # Attempt the following:

cheerlights = urllib.urlopen(cheerlightsUrl) # Open cheerlights file via URL

colourName = cheerlights.read() # Read the last cheerlights colour

cheerlights.close() # Close cheerlights file

if colourMap.has_key(colourName): # If we recognise this colour name then ...

ledBorgColour = colourMap[colourName] # Get the LedBorg colour to use from the name

else: # Otherwise ...

print "Unexpected colour '" + colourName + "'" # Display the name we did not recognise

ledBorgColour = "000" # Use the colour of black / off

ledBorg = open('/dev/ledborg', 'w') # Open the LedBorg driver

ledBorg.write(ledBorgColour) # Set LedBorg to the new colour

ledBorg.close() # Close the LedBorg driver

except: # If we have an error

pass # Ignore it (do nothing)

finally: # Regardless of errors:

time.sleep(1) # Wait for 1 second