solar_logger/slog.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import requests, datetime, os
import sqlite3, time

now = datetime.datetime.now()
day = now.strftime('%F')
the_time = now.strftime('%H:%M')

url = 'https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/api/stats.json'

if not os.path.exists('stats.db'):
    db = sqlite3.connect('stats.db')
    c = db.cursor()
    c.execute("""CREATE TABLE stats(date text, time text, error text, server text)
        """)
else:
    db = sqlite3.connect('stats.db')
    c = db.cursor()

time.sleep(5) #otherwise we risk grabbing an empty file

try:
    r = requests.get(url)
    r.raise_for_status() # in case of 404
    if r.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
        data = r.text
        error = None

except Exception as e:
    error = str(e)
    data = None

c.execute("""INSERT INTO stats VALUES(?,?,?,?)""", (day, the_time, error, data))

db.commit()
db.close()