git-status-check.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from json import load
from urllib2 import urlopen, URLError
from argparse import ArgumentParser

def printError(e):
  print "Error connecting to API: "
	print "\t", e

def getLinks():
	try:
		#get API urls
		return load(urlopen("https://status.github.com/api.json"))
	except URLError, e:
		printError(e)

def getStatus():
	try:
		#get the last message on the API and print it
		response = load(urlopen(LINKS['last_message_url']))
		print "GitHub responded with the following message:"
		print "Status: " + response['status'].upper()
		print "Last update: ", response['created_on']
		print "Message: ", response['body']
	except URLError, e:
		printError(e)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	#parse command line options
	parser = ArgumentParser(description="Check the GitHub status API")
	parser.add_argument('status', help='Check the status of GitHub')
	args = parser.parse_args()

	print "Connecting to GitHub Status API..."
	LINKS = getLinks()
	if args.status:
		getStatus()