Email Notifier Tutorial

[Exigent]

tried this as my first project on RPi but getting this error when i run the script:

File "./raspi-gmail.py", line 2
SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc2' in file ./raspi-gmail.py on line 2, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details

this is what i used to create the file by just copy/paste :

cat <<! > raspi-gmail.py
#!/usr/bin/env python

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO, feedparser, time

DEBUG = 1

USERNAME = "username" # just the part before the @ sign, add yours here
PASSWORD = "password"

NEWMAIL_OFFSET = 1 # my unread messages never goes to zero, yours might
MAIL_CHECK_FREQ = 60 # check mail every 60 seconds

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GREEN_LED = 18
RED_LED = 23
GPIO.setup(GREEN_LED, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setup(RED_LED, GPIO.OUT)

while True:

newmails = int(feedparser.parse("https://" + USERNAME + ":" + PASSWORD +"@mail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom")["feed"]["fullcount"])

if DEBUG:
print "You have", newmails, "new emails!"

if newmails > NEWMAIL_OFFSET:
GPIO.output(GREEN_LED, True)
GPIO.output(RED_LED, False)
else:
GPIO.output(GREEN_LED, False)
GPIO.output(RED_LED, True)

time.sleep(MAIL_CHECK_FREQ)
!

Any ideas? Can I just delete the file and start over ?

[Killerspec]

Hi

Looking for some help! I have put together this project and I know that the e-mail thing is working as in Putty window it is showing the updates. My problem is that my LED's stay on all the time no matter what I do I even tried to change the out puts from 18 and 23 to 21 and 24 but no joy please help.

Thanks a million in advance.

Matthew

[Wanders11]

I am having a lot of problems running this script, BUT I have found and solved my instance of the problem you have.

I don't know what the origin of it was, but there were unprintable characters showing up in my raspi-gmail.py after I created it and tried to run it.

I both cut and pasted or handwrote the script using either nano or Leafpad. I removed blank lines and the problem would disappear (for that line - only to be replaced by the same error in the next blank line) SO: What I found were unprintable characters (possibly formatting or control codes) that were carried into the script. Removing the line and reinserting it cured the problem - even when there was a "blank" line. It turns out that the line wasn't blank, just unprintable.

I hope this helps.

[Ron2222]

I am also have a problem making the Gmail Python working. when I run the program here is what I get:
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo ./raspi-gmail.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./raspi-gmail.py", line 21, in <module>
newmails = int(feedparser.parse("https://" + USERNAME + ":" + PASSWORD +"@ma il.google.com/gmail/feed/atom")["feed"]["fullcount"])
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/feedparser.py", line 375, in __ge titem__
return dict.__getitem__(self, key)
KeyError: 'fullcount'

I am new to the Raspberry Pi and Python. If someone would be so kind to help me
Thanks Ron

[killeth]

Hi just a quick update to the problem with the copy and paste section in the tutorial. The problem arises because the window the code appears in has embedded hidden code and when you copy it, it carries that hidden code with it. At the bottom of that window on the right hand side you can click to see the raw file. Click here and another screen in your browser will open, this is pure text without any hidden formatting code. Copy this and you will not have any problems with pasting and creating the file. BUT the python script will not run on my Pi and I am desperately searching for the reason. Which is why I ended up here Hey oh.