simple python hipchat command

hipchatclient.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# A mini hipchat client. Sends a message to a predetermined room.
# Requires HypChat (pip install hypchat)
#
# Mark Hollow. April 2015
#
# Config file (hipchat.json), in JSON format:
# {
#   "hipchat": {
#     "token": "<your hipchat token>",
#     "room": "<your hipchat room name>"
#   }
# }

from hypchat import HypChat
from sys import version_info
from json import load as json_load

CONFIG_LOCATIONS = ['/etc', '.']

if version_info < (2, 7, 9):
    # Disables SSL cert verification errors for Python < 2.7.9
    import requests.packages.urllib3 as urllib3
    urllib3.disable_warnings()


class HipChatClient(object):
    def __init__(self, msg, token=None, room=None):
        self.read_config()
        if token:
            self.token = token
        if room:
            self.room = room

        hc = HypChat(self.token)
        room_obj = hc.get_room(self.room)
        self.response = room_obj.message(msg)

    def read_config(self):
        for cfg_dir in CONFIG_LOCATIONS:
            try:
                with open('%s/hipchat.json' % cfg_dir) as fh:
                    config = json_load(fh)['hipchat']
                    self.token = config['token']
                    self.room = config['room']
                    return  # exit method
            except IOError:
                pass
        raise IOError('Config file "hipchat.json" not found in %s'
                      % str(CONFIG_LOCATIONS))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    from sys import argv, stderr

    def usage():
        stderr.write("Usage: %s \"Your message.\"\n" % argv[0])
        exit(1)

    try:
        HipChatClient(argv[1])
    except IndexError:
        usage()