A dumb script that looks at the Fb api status endpoint

facebook_status.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import time
import logging

import pync
import requests

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
url = 'https://www.facebook.com/feeds/api_status.php'

sleep_ok = 1000
sleep_bad = 180


def main():
    while True:
        resp = requests.get(url)
        if resp.status_code != 200:
            log.error('Facebook status api puked: %s', resp.content)
            time.sleep(sleep_bad)
            continue
        data = resp.json()
        current = data.get('current')
        if current:
            if current.get('health') == 1:
                pync.Notifier.notify(current.get('subject'), title='Facebook Status')
                time.sleep(sleep_ok)
            else:
                pync.Notifier.notify(current.get('subject'), title='Facebook Issue!')
                time.sleep(sleep_bad)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()