Flipdot usercounter

fetch_number_of_people.py

import httplib
import json

from influxdb import InfluxDBClient

SERVER = 'flipdot.org'
API = {
    'status': '/spacestatus/status.json',
}

INFLUXDB_HOST = 'localhost'
INFLUXDB_PORT = 8086
INFLUXDB_USER = 'flipdot'
INFLUXDB_PASSWORD = 'XXXXXX'
INFLUXDB_DB = 'flipdot'

conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(SERVER)
conn.request('GET', API['status'])
r = conn.getresponse()

data = json.loads(r.read())
conn.close()

known_users = len(data['known_users'])
unknown_users = data['unknown_users']
all_users = known_users + unknown_users

client = InfluxDBClient(INFLUXDB_HOST, INFLUXDB_PORT, INFLUXDB_USER, INFLUXDB_PASSWORD, INFLUXDB_DB)
#client.create_database('flipdot')
client.write_points([{
    'points': [[all_users, known_users, unknown_users]],
    'name': 'users',
    'columns': ['all_users', 'known_users', 'unknown_users']
}])