Serverstats/Cacti script for BigBlueButton usage

bbbstats.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
# Output is nbmeetings nbattendees nbvideosin nbvideoout
# hostname and secret should be configured (bbb-conf --secret)

import requests
import hashlib
from lxml import etree

hostname = "<YourHostname>"
secret = b"<YourSecret>"
hash = hashlib.sha1(b"getMeetings" + secret).hexdigest()

r = requests.get('http://'+hostname+'/bigbluebutton/api/getMeetings?checksum='+hash)

nbmeetings = 0
nbvideoin = 0
nbvideoout = 0
nbattendees = 0

tree = etree.fromstring(r.text)
for meeting in tree.xpath("/response/meetings/meeting"):
    nbmeetings+=1
    nbparticipants = meeting.find("participantCount").text
    #nblisteners = meeting.find("listenerCount").text
    nbvideos = meeting.find("videoCount").text
    #nbaudios = meeting.find("voiceParticipantCount").text

    nbattendees += int(nbparticipants)
    nbvideoin += int(nbvideos)
    nbvideoout += int(nbvideos) * (int(nbparticipants)-1)

    #print("number is " + str(nbparticipants))
    #print(user.text)

print("nbmeetings:"+str(nbmeetings) + '.0 ' + "nbattendees:" + str(nbattendees) + '.0 ' + "nbvideoin:" + str(nbvideoin) + '.0 ' + "nbvideoout:" + str(nbvideoout) + ".0")