Created Arch mirror status checker

main.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""
+This mirror status checker determines whether CSC mirror is up-to-date with upstream
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+import requests
+
+SUCCESS = "Success: {} up-to-date"
+FAILURE = "Failure: {} out-of-sync"
+ERROR = "Error: {}\n{}"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Arch
+    try:
+        arch_json = requests.get("https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/json/").json()
+        last_check_str = arch_json["last_check"]
+        last_sync_str = [url for url in arch_json["urls"] if url["url"] == \
+                         "http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/"][0]["last_sync"]
+        last_check_dt = datetime.strptime(last_check_str, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ")
+        last_sync_dt = datetime.strptime(last_sync_str, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+        # According to https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/:
+        # Due to the timing of mirror checks, any value under one hour should be viewed as ideal
+        OUTPUT = SUCCESS if last_check_dt < last_sync_dt + timedelta(hours = 1) else FAILURE
+        print(OUTPUT.format("Arch"))
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
+        print(ERROR.format("Arch", err))