jackett tracker tracker

jracker.py

import datetime
import urllib.request
import urllib.error

JACKETT_BASEURL = "http://jackett.local"
TRACKERS = ["tracker", "names", "here"]

# i just output one line of somewhat obscured info to a file
# that's available on a public url via symlink to my http server
# so betterstack can alert when it doesn't say "it's all good!"
# with very simple error detail, without being too obvious;
# change as needed
RESULT_FILE = "/var/www/public/trackertracker"

out = ""
jcookie = None

# go through the jackett cookie login flow to get our token
opener = urllib.request.build_opener()
opener.addheaders = [("Cookie", "TestCookie=1")]
try:
  response = opener.open(f"{JACKETT_BASEURL}/UI/Login?cookiesChecked=1")
  out = "cookiefail"
except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
  if e.code == 302:
    jcookie = e.headers.get("Set-Cookie")
    if "Jackett" not in jcookie:
      out ="loginfail"
      jcookie = None
  else:
    out = f"HTTP/{e.code}"
except Exception as e:
  out = f"general:{e}"

# if we got a token run jackett's built in test for each of our trackers
if jcookie:
  all_good = True
  for tracker in TRACKERS:
    url = f"{JACKETT_BASEURL}/api/v2.0/indexers/{tracker}/test
    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method="POST", headers={"Cookie":f"{jcookie};TestCookie=1"})
    if urllib.request.urlopen(req).status != 204:
      all_good = False
      out += f"{tracker[:1]} failed;"

  if all_good:
    out = "it's all good!"

# write the output with a timestamp
with open(RESULT_FILE, "w") as f:
  ts = datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()
  f.write(f"[{ts}] {out}")