created watcher script, changed api endpt to /api/stats and get instead of post

kiln-controller.py

@@ -47,10 +47,18 @@ ovenWatcher = OvenWatcher(oven)
 def index():
     return bottle.redirect('/picoreflow/index.html')
 
+@app.get('/api/stats')
+def handle_api():
+    log.info("/api/stats command received")
+    if hasattr(oven,'pid'):
+        if hasattr(oven.pid,'pidstats'):
+            return json.dumps(oven.pid.pidstats)
+
+
 @app.post('/api')
 def handle_api():
     log.info("/api is alive")
-    log.info(bottle.request.json)
+
 
     # run a kiln schedule
     if bottle.request.json['cmd'] == 'run':

watcher.py

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import requests
+import json
+import time
+import datetime
+
+# this monitors your kiln stats every N seconds
+# if X checks fail, an alert is sent to a slack channel
+# configure an incoming web hook on the slack channel
+# set slack_hook_url to that
+
+def get_stats():
+    try:
+        r = requests.get(kiln_url)
+        return r.json()
+    except:
+        return {}
+
+def send_alert(msg):
+    try: 
+        r = requests.post(slack_hook_url, json={'text': msg })
+    except:
+        pass
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    kiln_url = "http://0.0.0.0:8081/api/stats"
+    slack_hook_url = "you must set this"
+
+    bad_check_limit = 6
+    bad_checks = 0
+    temp_error_limit = 10
+    sleepfor = 10
+
+    while(True):
+        stats = get_stats()
+
+        if 'time' not in stats:
+            bad_checks = bad_checks + 1
+            print("no data")
+        if 'err' in stats:
+            if abs(stats['err']) > temp_error_limit:
+                bad_checks = bad_checks + 1
+                print ("temp out of whack")
+        if bad_checks >= bad_check_limit:
+            print("ERR sending alert")
+            msg = "error kiln needs help. %s" % stats
+            send_alert(msg)
+            bad_checks = 0
+        else:
+            print("OK %s" % datetime.datetime.now())
+
+        time.sleep(sleepfor)
+