Added logging, and a function to check if the stream is live before sending a chat message

nagbot.py

@@ -3,19 +3,36 @@ import json
 import sys
 import time
 import config
+import logging
+import requests
+
+logging.basicConfig(filename=config.logfile, level=logging.INFO)
+
+
+def get_now():  # Create a timestamp for logging
+    now = str(time.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S"))
+    return now
+
+
+def live_now():  # Check if the stream is live
+    response = requests.get(f'{config.owncast_url}/api/status')
+    response = response.json()
+    return response['online']
 
 
 def send_msg(msg):
-    new_status = {'body': msg}
-    headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {config.auth_bearer}'}
-    response = requests.post(f'{config.api_url}/api/integrations/chat/send', data=json.dumps(new_status),
-                             headers=headers)
-    return response.json()
+    if live_now() is True:
+        new_status = {'body': msg}
+        headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {config.auth_bearer}'}
+        response = requests.post(f'{config.owncast_url}/api/integrations/chat/send', data=json.dumps(new_status), headers=headers)
+        return response.json()
+    else:
+        logging.info(f'{get_now()} - Owncast stream is not live, so not sending.')
 
 
 def main():
     for nag in config.nags:
-        print(f'Sending \"{nag}\"...')
+        logging.info(f'{get_now()} - Sending \"{nag}\"...')
         send_msg(nag)
         time.sleep(config.interval)  # Wait between messages
 
@@ -24,8 +41,9 @@ try:
     while True:
         main()
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
-    print('\nExiting program...')
+    logging.info(f'{get_now()} - Ctrl-alt-delete caught. Exiting program...')
+    print('Ctrl-alt-delete caught. Exiting program...')
     sys.exit()
 except Exception as error:
-    print(f'\n{error}\n')
+    logging.info(f'{get_now()} - \n{error}\n')
     sys.exit()