diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# PyCharm
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintainted in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#.idea/
+
+# VSCode
+.vscode/
+
+# misc
+OpenHaystack.app/
+extract.txt
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+# ELEC60013 Embedded Systems: Coursework 1
+
+Data Fetching script that pulls data from cloud source and forwards it to our custom backend for processing and display to the user, in the app.
+
+Possible cloud sources include:
+
+- Airtags Database
+- MQTT Broker
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
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+import requests, json, subprocess, re
+import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
+
+def OpenHayStackLocation():
+    # TODO: replace with OpenHaystack script
+    return 0, 0
+
+def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
+    print("Connected with result code "+str(rc))
+    client.subscribe("/data")
+
+def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
+    if msg.topic == "/data":
+        loc_lat, loc_lon = None, None
+        try:
+            subprocess.run("./OpenHaystack.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenHaystack > extract.txt", capture_outout=True, shell=True, timeout=5)
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
+        with open("extract.txt", "r") as output:
+            lines = output.readlines()
+        for line in reversed(lines):
+            if "FindMyLocationReport" in line:
+                loc_lat = re.findall("latitude: (-?[0-9]*\.[0-9]*)", line)[0]
+                loc_lon = re.findall("longitude: (-?[0-9]*\.[0-9]*)", line)[0]
+                break
+        subprocess.run("pkill OpenHaystack", shell=True)
+        data = json.loads(msg.payload)
+        firebase_url = "https://leg-barkr.nw.r.appspot.com/readings/save"
+        firebase_headers = {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Device-ID": data["devID"]
+        }
+        firebase_data = {
+            "air_temp": data["air_temp"],
+            "cumulative_steps_today": data["day_steps"],
+            "humidity": data["hum_perc"],
+            "latitude": float(loc_lat),
+            "longitude": float(loc_lon),
+            "skin_temp": data['pet_temp']
+        }
+        r = requests.post(url = firebase_url, json = firebase_data, params = None, headers = firebase_headers) # add any other necessary values in request
+        print(r.status_code, r.reason, r.text)
+
+client = mqtt.Client("DataPuller")
+client.on_connect = on_connect
+client.on_message = on_message
+client.connect("add8.duckdns.org", 8883, 60)
+client.loop_forever()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+certifi==2021.10.8
+charset-normalizer==2.0.12
+idna==3.3
+paho-mqtt==1.6.1
+requests==2.27.1
+urllib3==1.26.8