Small py code to check if the season in Skidstorm has been reset or not

chk_season_reset.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import time
import json
import requests
from datetime import datetime

url_str = 'http://api.skidstorm.cmcm.com/v2/rank/list/1-1/ALL'
sleep_val = 30
rank_threshold = 20000

while True:
    # get's details of top ranked skidstorm players
    p = requests.get(url_str)
    
    # converts to a dictionary
    q = json.loads(p.text)
    
    # finds the rank of the player
    rank_val = q["ranks"][0]["rank"]
    
    if rank_val > rank_threshold:
        print("Season still going on ... Current time {}".format(datetime.now()))
        time.sleep(sleep_val)
    else:
        print("Season ended at ... {}".format(datetime.now()))
        break