network monitor

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/python
import time, threading
import requests
TIMER_CYCLE = 30
last = []
def update():
	global last_total, device_speed, requestPool
	threading.Timer(1, tick).start()
	with open("/sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/rx_bytes", "r") as frx, open("/sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/tx_bytes", "r") as ftx:
		rx = int(frx.read())
		tx = int(ftx.read())
		if len(last) == 2:
			r = requests.post('http://reporturl', data = {'rx':(rx-last[0])/TIMER_CYCLE, 'tx':(tx-last[1])/TIMER_CYCLE})
		last = [rx, tx]

threading.Timer(TIMER_CYCLE, update).start()