From 835e647713b582fbe410e9f1320a612c592d6bb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias <tobias@tobiastime.xyz>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 22:48:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add scraper.py

---
 scraper.py | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 116 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scraper.py

diff --git a/scraper.py b/scraper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81d8da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scraper.py
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+#!/bin/python3
+
+#required modules
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+
+#defining user / key location variables
+
+ssh_key = "/key/location"
+ssh_user= "theguy"
+
+#dictionary defining servers, their ip and ssh port
+
+servers = {
+    "server1": {
+        "ip": "1.2.3.4",
+        "port": 1
+    },
+    "server2": {
+        "ip": "5.6.7.8",
+        "port": 2
+    },
+    "fakelol": {
+        "ip": "200.200.200.200",
+        "port": 22222
+    },
+}
+
+#load previous state of servers, to avoid constant alert spam
+try:
+    with open("/var/www/porygon/status.json") as f:
+        #creating a previous status dictionary
+        previous_status = json.load(f)
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    pass
+
+#creating the current status dictionary
+status = {}
+
+for server, info in servers.items():
+    ip = info["ip"]
+    port = info["port"]
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["ping", "-c", "2", "-W", "1", ip],
+        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+    )
+
+#if the ping returns successful the online status is true, else false
+    if result.returncode == 0:
+        status[server] = True
+    else:
+        status[server] = False
+
+#if the server is now offline, and its last state was online send an email alert
+    if status[server] == False:
+        if previous_status.get(server) == True:
+            message = f"""To: person@example.com
+Subject: {server} is offline
+
+{server} at {ip} looks to be offline and is no longer responding to pings.
+"""
+
+            subprocess.run(
+                ["msmtp", "123@hehehe.net"],
+                input=message,
+                text=True
+        )
+
+#if the server is online run the stats collector python script over ssh
+#copy back the stats.json it generates back via scp to the relevant dir for apache to host
+    if status[server] == True:
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    "ssh",
+                    "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new",
+                    "-i", ssh_key,
+                    "-p", str(port),
+                    f"{ssh_user}@{ip}",
+                    f"/home/{ssh_user}/collector.py"
+                ],
+                timeout=5
+            )
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    "scp",
+                    "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new",
+                    "-i", ssh_key,
+                    "-P", str(port),
+                    f"{ssh_user}@{ip}:/tmp/stats.json",
+                    f"/var/www/porygon/{server}/stats.json"
+                ],
+                timeout=5
+            )
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            print(f"{server} ssh connection timed out")
+
+#if the server is now online, but it was last offline send an email saying the alert has been cleared
+        if previous_status.get(server) == False:
+            message = f"""To: fakest@email.com
+Subject: {server} is back online
+
+{server} at {ip} looks to be back online and is now responding to pings once more.
+"""
+
+            subprocess.run(
+                ["msmtp", "real@this.time"],
+                input=message,
+                text=True
+        )
+
+#dump the online/offline status from the status dictionary
+with open("/var/www/porygon/status.json", "w") as f:
+    json.dump(status, f, indent=4)
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