Try rewriting in C.

.gitignore

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+exporter

exporter.c

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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define USER "odoo"
+#define HTTP_PORT 9402
+#define INTERVAL 10
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	if (argc != 2)
+	{
+		fprintf(stdout,
+			"Invalid number of arguments. Usage: %s [dbname]\n",
+			argv[0]);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}