MeshDash - restart if no activity for 5 minutes

meshdash-check.py

#!/bin/python3
import requests
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

# Base URL for the MeshDash API
BASE_URL = "https://meshdash.yeraze.online"
USERNAME = "<USERNAME>"
PASSWORD = "<PASSWORD>"

def get_unix_time():
    """Retrieve the system Unix time from api/status."""
    url = f"{BASE_URL}/api/status"
    response = requests.get(url)
    response.raise_for_status()
    data = response.json()
    # Assuming the Unix time is in the 'time' field
    return data.get('server_time_unix')

def get_most_recent_message_time():
    """Retrieve the timestamp of the most recent message from api/packets/history?limit=1."""
    url = f"{BASE_URL}/api/packets/history?limit=1"
    response = requests.get(url)
    response.raise_for_status()
    data = response.json()
    # Assuming the data contains a list of packets
    # Assuming each packet has a 'timestamp' field
    latest_packet = data[0]
    return latest_packet.get('timestamp')

def restart_system():
    """Call the api/system/restart endpoint."""
    # First authenticate
    url = f"{BASE_URL}/login"
    payload={"username": USERNAME,
             "password": PASSWORD}
    response = requests.post(url, data=payload)
    print("Authentication: %s" % response.status_code)

    url = f"{BASE_URL}/api/system/restart"
    response = requests.post(url, cookies=response.cookies)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print("System restart initiated.")
    print("Code: %s" % response.status_code)

def main():
    try:
        system_time = get_unix_time()
        recent_message_time = get_most_recent_message_time()

        if system_time is None:
            print("Failed to retrieve system time.")
            return
        if recent_message_time is None:
            print("No recent message found.")
            return

        # Parse recent_message_time if needed
        # Assuming the timestamp is in Unix time format
        elapsed_seconds = system_time - recent_message_time

        print(f"System time: {system_time}, Most recent message time: {recent_message_time}, Elapsed time: {elapsed_seconds} seconds")

        if elapsed_seconds > 300:
            print("Elapsed time exceeds 5 minutes. Restarting system...")
            restart_system()
        else:
            print("Elapsed time is within acceptable range.")

    except requests.HTTPError as e:
        print(f"HTTP error occurred: {e}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()