Upload DHT22 Sensor Data to Xively Feed

Upload DHT22 Sensor Data to Xively Feed

I am trying to modify some of the predefined code that exists for the
DHT22 sensor. I would like to modify Adafruit's DHT_Driver so that it
returns an array corresponding to the Temperature value and Humidity value
that the sensor outputs. I would like to make this change so that I can
utilize the output array in a Python snippet. Namely, I want to use the
output array values to upload data to a Xively feed.
I am looking for something similar to this...
#!/usr/bin/env python
import time
import os
import eeml
# Xively variables specific to my account.
API_KEY = 'API Key Here'
FEED = 'FEED # Here'
API_URL = '/v2/feeds/{feednum}.xml' .format(feednum = FEED)
# Continuously read data from the DHT22 sensor and upload
# the results to the Xively feed.
while True:
# Read the data from the sensor.
sensorData = .... // Call on the main method within the DHT_Driver.c file
temp_C = sensorData[0]
humidity = sensorData[1]
if DEBUG:
print("sensorData:\t", sensorData)
print("\n")
if LOGGER:
# Initialize the users Xively account.
pac = eeml.Pachube(API_URL, API_KEY)
# Prepare the data to be uploaded to the Xively
# account.
# temp_C & humidity are extracted from their indices
# above.
pac.update([eeml.Data(0, temp_C, unit=eeml.Celsius())])
pac.update([eeml.Data(1, humidity, unit=eeml.%())])
# Upload the data to the Xively account.
pac.put()
# Wait 30 seconds to avoid flooding the Xively feed.
time.sleep(30)
I need some feedback on getting the Temperature and Humidity vaules from
the sensor. It must utilize C because Python isn't fast enough to process
the data from the sensor. Ideally I could just return an array containing
the two values and access the values like this:
temp_C = sensorData[0]
humidity = sensorData[1]
Also, if, within this Python snippet, I were to call on the main method
within the DHT_Driver.c file would this be limited by the Python
interpreter (i.e. will the C based program run with similar performance to
a Python based program)?
I am very unfamiliar with Python and I am just beginning C so if there are
any suggestions and or positive criticism, please feel free to chime in.