mirror-checker/test.py

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from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
import datefinder # another date finding library
import re
from datetime import datetime
from datetime import timedelta
import time
import pandas as pd
# this function is brute force looping through the whole directory and checking dates
# it may sound horrible, but for certain distros, i believe it's indeed the best solution
# lists
urls=[]
home_site = "http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub"
# function created
def scrape(site):
# getting the request from url
r = requests.get(site)
# converting the text
s = BeautifulSoup(r.text,"html.parser")
for i in s.find_all("a"): # for a href directories
href = i.attrs['href']
if href.endswith("/") and href != "../" and href != "/":
"""if home_site+href in urls: # avoids the link to parent directory
continue"""
if href == "//ftp.netbsd.org/": # netbsd specific code
continue
site_next = site+href
if site_next not in urls:
urls.append(site_next)
print(site_next)
# calling it self
scrape(site_next)
def get_latest_date(web_dir):
page = requests.get(site).text
str_dates = re.findall(r'(\d{2}-\w{3}-\d{4} \d{2}:\d{2})|(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2})', page)
dates = [list(datefinder.find_dates(date))[0] for date in str_dates]
# for date in dates:
# print(date)
return(max(dates))
# main function
if __name__ =="__main__":
# website to be scrape
site="http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/"
# works on: https://www.x.org/releases/
# https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/linuxmint/ #works wonders for linuxmint
# unfortunately, linuxmint does not have a public repo, the worldwide mirror LayerOnline on https://linuxmint.com/mirrors.php seems like the best choice
# calling function
scrape(site)
latest_date = get_latest_date(urls[0])
# get_latest_date(urls[0])
for dir in urls:
latest_date2 = get_latest_date(dir)
if (latest_date2 >= latest_date):
latest_date = latest_date2
print(latest_date)
"""page = requests.get("http://rsync-mxlinux.org/mirmon/index.html").text
indexOfFile = page.find("mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca")
m = re.search(r'(\d+ hours)|(\d+(\.)?\d+ days)', page[indexOfFile:]) # solution from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21074100/how-to-convert-standard-timedelta-string-to-timedelta-object/21074460
duration = pd.to_timedelta(m.group(0))
print (duration <= pd.to_timedelta(86400, unit='s'))"""