Wrote this a couple weeks ago and figured some here might be interested. It's a Python script that connects to the Telecom broadband usage meter website and reads your current usage. I've tested it on a few accounts and it's worked fine on them all.

(If the forum messes up the formatting heres the link: http://tom.henderson.net.nz/post/454031326/check-xtra-broadband-usage-using-python)

Hope someone finds it useful. 


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#!/usr/local/bin/python

import sys, re
from mechanize import Browser
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup

# Optional: uncomment and hard code your account details here:
#myUsername = ''
#myPassword = ''

if len(sys.argv) == 3:
    username, password = sys.argv[1:]
else:
    try:
        username, password = myUsername, myPassword
    except:
        print "usage: %s username password" % sys.argv[0]
        sys.exit(1)

# Browser
br = Browser()

# Load the login page:
url = 'http://www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/usage' # 26.07kb
br.open(url)

# Select the first form:
br.select_form(nr=2)

# Fill in and submit:
br.form['USER'] = username
br.form['PASSWORD'] = password
br.submit()

# Navigate to the 'Current Usage Details' page:
req = br.click_link(text='Current Usage Details')
br.open(req)
html = br.response().read()

# Load html into BeautifulSoup.
# We need to adjust the line that contains ""
# as it confuses the html interpreter.
myMassage = [(re.compile(""), lambda match: '')]
soup = BeautifulSoup(html,  markupMassage=myMassage)

# Extract some data and print:
account = soup.findAll('span')[2].string
if len(account.split(' ')[2]) != 8:
    print 'Sorry, the account must be a landline.'
else:
    print '         Usage for:', account
    print 'Current usage plan:', soup.findAll('table')[3].findAll('td')[9].string.strip()
    print '                   ', soup.findAll('table')[3].findAll('td')[7].string
    print ''
    data = soup.findAll('table')[9].findAll('td')
    print '   Total Downloads:', data[1].string
    print '     Total Uploads:', data[3].string
    print '       Total Usage:', data[5].string
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