Kastang Ramblings of a Geek

#!/usr/bin/python
 
"""
Author: Josh Grochowski (Kastang)
 
This script will parse the WoW Server Status XML file and return
information about a specified server. This Python script works
for me, but it may not work for you. Use this script at your
own risk. 
 
Python 2.6+ must be used.
"""
 
"""
The below four lines assume this script will be loaded onto a
webserver. If you are planning to run this script in a CLI
enviornment, feel free to remove the below four lines of code.
"""
import cgitb
cgitb.enable()
print "Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8"
print
 
#Imports
from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse
import urllib, os, time
 
#WoW Server Status Path
WOW_XML = "http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/realmstatus/status.xml"
 
#Change SERVER_NAME to the your server.
SERVER_NAME = "Eitrigg"
 
#Display information for the Realm information.
rStatus = ["Offline", "Online"]
rType = ["", "PVE", "PVP", "RP", "RP PVP"]
rLoad = ["", "Low", "Medium", "High"]
 
#Modification time of the cache file.
modTime =  os.stat("cache.txt").st_mtime
 
#Current system time.
currTime =  time.time()
 
"""
If this function is called, the cache file will be
updated with the newest information from the WoW
Server Status XML file.
"""
def updateCache():
    cache = open("cache.txt", "w")
    cache.writelines(urllib.urlopen(WOW_XML))
 
"""
Given a Realm name and XML file, it will find the
XML string containing information about the specified
Realm and return it to the requesting function.
"""
def findRealm(realm, xml):
        for l in xml.findall('rs/r'):
                if l.get('n') == realm:
                        return l
 
        return False
 
#Displays information about the specified Server.
def printOutput(server):
    print "Realm Name: " + server.get('n')
    print "Realm Type: " + rType[int(server.get('t'))]
    print "Realm Status: " + rStatus[int(server.get('s'))]
    print "Realm Load: " + rLoad[int(server.get('l'))]
 
"""
If the cache file has not been updated for 10 minutes,
it will be updated. Otherwise, the existing file will
be used to find current information about the specified
realm. 
 
If the specified Realm is not a valid WoW Realm, nothing
will be returned. 
 
"""
def main():
    if (currTime - modTime) > 600:
        updateCache()
 
    xml = parse("cache.txt").getroot()
    server = findRealm(SERVER_NAME, xml)
 
    if server != False:
        printOutput(server)
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# python realmstatus.py
Realm Name: Eitrigg
Realm Type: PVE
Realm Status: Online
Realm Load: High