stream_monitor 2018.1.22.115

monitoring and alerting program for data streams such as recording files that update regularly

stream_monitor

This program monitors a specified set of data streams (files) for changes. If a file is not changed in a specified time, an alert is sent using Pushbullet.

setup

pip install stream_monitor

Set up a Pushbullet account, create an access token and store a Pushbullet token in the file ~/.pushbullet. Install Pushbullet on a mobile device.

• Pushbullet settings

• Pushbullet Android

configuration and usage

The file stream_monitor_configuration.py is imported as a module from the working directory. It contains a dictionary of the following form:

streams = {
    "./recording.csv": {"update_time": 30}
}

When the script stream_monitor.py is executed, it imports the configuration and runs in a continuous loop, sending a Pushbullet alert whenever it detects that a stream is not being updated in its expected update time.