BATCAVE/ffstatus-daemon.py

#!/usr/bin/python
from __future__ import print_function
import daemon
import logging
import sys
import time

import ffstatus

LOGFILE = '/var/log/ffstatus.log'

logging.basicConfig(
	filename=LOGFILE,
	format='%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s',
	datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
	level=logging.INFO,
)

a = ffstatus.AlfredParser()

try:
	a.sanitycheck()
except Exception as err:
	logging.critical("Failed sanity-check: " + str(err))
	print('FAILED SANITY CHECK: ' + str(err))
	sys.exit(1)

daemon_context = daemon.DaemonContext(
	files_preserve=[handler.stream]
)

with daemon_context:
	while True:
		try:
			logging.debug('Execute')
			a.execute()
			time.sleep(15)
		except Exception as err:
			logging.error(str(err))