bitcoin mining status checker for slush's pool

mailer.php

<?php
/*  
    What: mailer script for notifications:
    Required params under POST:
    
    msg
    sub
    ret
    pass
    
*/

if(!(isset($_POST['msg']) && isset($_POST['sub']) && isset($_POST['ret']) && isset($_POST['pass']))) {
	// echo back some json response saying we didnt get a POST.
	$res = array("status" => 0, "message" => "required not posted.");
	echo json_encode($res);
    exit;
	}
    
$msg = $_POST['msg'];
$sub = $_POST['sub'];
$to = "[email protected]";
$ret = $_POST['ret'];
$pass = $_POST['pass'];

// lol authentication
if($pass != "password") {
    $res = array("status" => 0, "message" => "failed to authenticate.");
	echo json_encode($res);
    exit;
}


// send message
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$stamp = time();

$subject = "$sub";
$message = "Return email: $ret \n IP: $ip \n Time: $stamp \n subject: $sub \n \n$msg\n";
$headers = "From: $ret\r\n";

// Or sendmail_username@hostname by default
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

$res = array("status" => 1, "message" => "success");
echo json_encode($res);	

?>

status_loop.py

# get current mining status
import urllib
import urllib2
import json
import time

MAIL_URL = 'http://examplecom/somemailscript.php'
SLUSH_API = "https://mining.bitcoin.cz/accounts/profile/json/"
SLUSH_TOKEN = "API KEY GOES HERE"

def send_mail(subject, message, return_addr, password):
    the_page = ""
    try:
        url = MAIL_URL
        values = {
            'sub' : subject,
            'msg' : message,
            'ret' : return_addr,
            'pass' : password
            }
        data = urllib.urlencode(values)
        req = urllib2.Request(url, data)
        response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
        the_page = response.read()
        return the_page
    except Exception, e:
        return e
        

def get_status_slush():
    print "pulling status from slush's server"
    res = ""
    try: 
        url = "%s%s" % (SLUSH_API, SLUSH_TOKEN)
        req = urllib2.Request(url)
        response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
        the_page = response.read()
        json_result = json.loads(the_page)
        
        return "confirmed_reward: %s \nunconfirmed_reward: %s \nestimated_reward_round: %s \nhashrate: %s \nsend_threshold: %s \nwallet %s" % (
            json_result["confirmed_reward"], 
            json_result["unconfirmed_reward"],
            json_result["estimated_reward"],
            json_result["hashrate"],
            json_result["send_threshold"],
            json_result["wallet"]
            )
        
    except Exception, e:
        print e
    return res    
    
    
def do_loop():
    res = get_status_slush()
    print res
    send_mail("slush mining status", res, "[email protected]", "password")
    time.sleep(60*60*2) # 2 hours btwn status
    
    
do_loop()