Python script which sends telegram message if Raspberry Pi's temperature crosses 60 °C

Question

I need to know if there is any way I can optimize my code so that it does not use 0.6% of my total memory - which is approx. 22.4MB. This is a really small script that runs for as long as the raspberry pi is ON. 22.4MB for this basic, simple, light code is too much. If less or no optimization is there, then please let me know how 22.4MB is justified.

I am pasting the htop screenshot and my full script.

from gpiozero import CPUTemperature
from time import sleep, time
from requests import post

class TemperatureBot:
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.lastAlertSent = -1
        self.chatId = "123"
        self.botToken= "123"
        self.temperatureThreshold = 60
        self.alertInterval = 300
        alertResp = self.sendAlertToUser(f"Initializing temperature bot for 123 - " \
                                         f"your pi")
        if alertResp is not True:
            print("Could not initialize bot for 123. Try later.")
            return
        self.temperaturePolling()
        

    def sendAlertToUser(self, alertMsg):
        try:
            url=f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{self.botToken}"\
                f"/sendMessage?chat_id={self.chatId}&text={alertMsg}"
            r = post(url,timeout=20)
            if(r.status_code >=400):
                print("Error sending alert. Here's the response: ", r.text)
                return False
            return True
        except Exception as e:
            raise e
            

    def temperaturePolling(self):
        try:
            while(True):
                currentTemp = CPUTemperature().temperature
                if(currentTemp > self.temperatureThreshold):
                    if(time() - self.lastAlertSent > self.alertInterval):
                        alertResp = self.sendAlertToUser(f"Temperature Danger: "\
                                             f"{currentTemp}°C. "\
                                             f"Please cool your Stan "\
                                             f"or it will burn!!")
                        if alertResp == True:
                            self.lastAlertSent = time()
                        else:
                            print("Could not send alert message.")
                            continue
                            
                sleep(30)
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            pass

if __name__ == "__main__":
    TemperatureBot()

Answer 1

• chatId -> chat_id and similar for other members and method names, by PEP8 standard
• f"Initializing temperature bot for 123 - " does not need to be an f-string - it has no fields
• if alertResp is not true, you should be raising an exception, not early-returning
• if alertResp is not True is equivalent to if not alertResp
• temperaturePolling should not be called from your constructor - the constructor is only for initialization
• post returns a response that should be used in a with context manager
• status_code >= 400 can safely be replaced with r.ok, or better yet r.raise_for_status()
• except Exception as e: raise e should be deleted entirely
• except KeyboardInterrupt: pass is fine if it's done at the upper level, but not in your polling routine