first go at using fabric to send the email

fabfile.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from fabric.api import task
+
+import smtplib
+from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+
+import datetime
+import os
+
+import commands
+
+username = os.environ['SENDGRID_USERNAME']
+password = os.environ['SENDGRID_PASSWORD']
+to_email = os.environ['CRON_EMAIL']
+
+def send_email(email_msg):
+    print "Running cron at %s" % datetime.datetime.now()
+
+    msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
+    msg['Subject'] = "Comcast Bandwidth Usage"
+    msg['From'] = username
+    msg['To'] = to_email
+    msg.attach(MIMEText(email_msg, 'plain'))
+
+    s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.sendgrid.net', 587)
+    s.login(username, password)
+    s.sendmail(username, to_email, msg.as_string())
+    s.quit()                  
+
+@task
+def send():
+    output = commands.getoutput('python comcastBandwidth.py')
+    send_email(output)

requirements.txt

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-mechanize
+fabric